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PASSING and PERMANENT NEWS BRIEFS FROM THE CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE

Methodists and Women Preachers A proposal to give full clergy rights

to women in the Methodist Church was rejected by the denomination's General Conference in San Francisco. \Vomen now "supply" a few churches but hold lay status.

Methodist Ministers and Smoking Candidates for the Methodist ministry

arc supposed to subscribe to a rule not to !imoke. A move was made in the recent General Conference at San Fran. cisco to abolish this rule, but a deter· mined !>{:lnd was made to maintain it.

TV Channels for Education The Federal Communications Com­

mission is reserving 242 television chan­nels for schools, churches, and other educational organizations, but these must be operated On a non-commercial basis. ilob Jones University at Green­ville, S. c., wants to open a station dedi­cated to spreading the gospel, but its application was denied because school officials wished to accept paid advertis­ing to help the station pay its way.

Does America Need Revival? "Jll our churches today, 5700f the re­

ported memhers do not exist, 100/0 never ;,ltcnd churc h services, 40% never give to any cause, 5070 never go to Sunday School, 6070 never go to chu rch on Sun­day night. 700/0 never give to Missions, 7570 never engage in any church activi­ty, 80% never attend the prayer meet­ing, 90% never have family worsh ip in the home, and 95% never win a soul to Jeslls Christ!" So says Evangelist l\lervin Rosell in "Revival, God's Plan for Today."

The Eighth Commandment The fact that so many are break ing

the commandment, "Thou shalt not steal," indicates the great need there is of preaching Ch r ist in America to­day. Theft of nearly every kind is worse than ever before. in city and country. The thieves arc of youthful age. Auto thefts arc most common. Accord­illg to the latest report of the F.B.I., there are 4,864 thefts a day, o r ZOO an hour, or one eve ry twenty seconds serious enough to come to the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A tabulation of reports from 376 cities rcpresenting a third of the popula­tion of the U.S.A. showed that $150, 136,172 worth of property was stolen III 1951.

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five favorite Subjects

An Episcopal minister in MinneapOlis asked his people, "If you could hear only five sermons during the rest of your life, what five topics would you like 10 hear discussed (" The church members wrote out their preferences and here are the five favorite sermon subjects:

(I) ImmortalilY. I s there life after death? How can we be assured there is? (2) How can we keep faith in the face of adversity? (3) What can we do to secure and maintain world peace? (4) How can adults keep children from losing faith? (5) When all goes well with our lives, how can we keep from feeling self-sufficient and independent of God?

Bible Clubs for Teen-Agers An incident in Great Falls, Montana,

shows how greatly the teen-agers need some spiritual training. A high school student joined a Youth for Christ Bible Club and, in accord with an unwritten rule of the clubs, began carrying his Bible to school each day. After a couple of weeks a girl stopped him and asked,

"Why do you always carry that dic­tionary back and forth with you to school every day?"

She didn't even know what a Bible looked like! To reach young people such as this, Youth for Christ has or­ganized 1200 Bible Clubs in the high schools.

350 000

Youth For Christ leaden look over a graphic: report of the increa'le in high . .chool Bible Club •. The idea "tarted in Kansas City in 1946 and , pread to 33 states and four Canadian provinces. There are now 1,200 Bible Clubl and at lea,' 350,000 members witnessing for Christ at high schools. They r"'present all evangelical denomination •.

Left to right: Jack Hamilton, National Club Director; Don Lonie, high·school anembly specialist; and Rob",rt A. Cook, President 01 Youth For Chrilt International.

Religious Day Schools The movement to establish Protestant

schools to save children from having to attend puhlic schoOls is spreading. En­rollment has increased 61 % in the past IS years. There are now 186,())) Prote­stant pupils enrolled in 3,()()) religious elementary schools. About hal f oj these are Lutherans.

There are over three million Roman Catholic children enrolled in parochial elementary schools in the U.S.A. This enrollment represents an increase of 35 % in the past IS years.

Southern Baptists and Missions During 1951 the churches of the

Southern Baptist Convention had a total income of $222,838,109 of which $37,268,172 went to ~lissions. This means that for every five dollars given for the support of their local churches, the Southern Baptists gave a dollar to Missions. There arc same Assemblies of God congregations who give this large a proportion of their offerings to Mis­sions and even more, but there are many who give far less than this. If eve ry Assembly would give 17% of its income to .\li;;sions we could cxp.,nd our mis­sionary work tremendously.

Sixteen Million Copies! The American Bible Society broke all

records in Scripture distribution last year. A total of 16,001,945 volumes were distributed, including 952,666 whole Bibles, 1.913,314 New Testaments, and 13,135,965 portions of the Bible. About half of the copies were d istributed in the U.S.A.

The Scriptures were circulated in 88 languages in the U.s.A. and in 112 languages abroad.

In Japan the New Testament far out­sells any other book. In China the door is closed but the Bible Society still operates in IIongkong from which point Chinese Scriptures are sent throughout the earth.

In Israel nearly 1O,tX>O Scriptures in 25 different languages were distributed by the American Bible Society last year.

In California the Bible Society has established Scripture outlets through the depots of the Greyhound Bus Lines. More than 12,()(X) Gospels were taken from the plastic containers 'in 53 bus depots during 1951.

Priest Blesses Tobacco Seed According to the United Press, sacks

of Burley seed tobacco "were blessed" by a priest during a special church serv­ice at Maysville, Kentucky. Farmers of the community "carried the sacks down the aisles to the priest, who blessed each sack." This was such a travesty on the idea of what the pur­pose of the church should' be that even the secular press took notice of it.

Glorying ,

the Cross Alone In

Baccalaureate Se rmon by G. Raymond Carlson at Central Bible Institute

IT elVES 1\1£ great pleasure to have this privilege of addressing the members of the 1952 graduating class and the friends who have gathered for this baccalaureate service.

Young people, a life of ministry lies before you, if Jesus tarries. Some of you will be evangelists, pastors, or mis­sionaries. Others may specialize in such fields of ministry as Sunday School, child evangelism, and youth work. Whatever your field of service may be, 1 wish you success. I would remind you that success in the ministry is not meas­ured by any outward sign , such as the popularity of your sermons and the size of the crowds at your meetings. It i~ measured by the number of Jives which are altered for time and the number of souls \vhich are saved for eternity.

I challenge you tonight to scck to have that success which will bring glory to God. There is no place fo r human at­tainment in the ministry. We thank God for all the ability He has given you, for your years of t raining, but until that ability and training is anointed by the Holy Spirit , and ulltil it has become crucified and subservien t to the hand of God, it is of ve ry little or no avail.

Let me point you to the words of the apostle Paul , as recorded in Galatians 6:14-"But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of Our Lord Jesus Ch ri st, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and 1 unto the world."

If allY man had cause 10 glory, Paul had. He could glory in his birth, in his education, in his Jewish religiOUS ...:<:al­and after his conver siOn he could glory in his missionary endeavors, in his apos­tolic authority, in his powerful ministry. But Paul refused to glory in any of these things. He determined that he would glory in the Cross alone.

The cross to the Jew was an offence, more perhaps than we can realizc today; and to think that {he rv[essiah should die upon the cross-what an offence! But Paul, the cOJl\'erted Jew, said, "Cod forbid that I should glory , save in the cross ." \Ve, too, can glory in the cross tonight, and I trllst that as you go out to wOrk for God you will keep yourself in the shadow of the crass. Keep your­self near to the Christ of Calvary. Go forth to work in His grace and ill His

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strength alone. God wiil lead you to glorious victory if you will take the way of the cross.

I remember reading a story aiJout the Boxer uprising in China many years ago. A wholc Chinese family, from grand­father on down to the little tots, was brought olltside thtir compound. The Boxcrs took a sword and drew a cross on the ground. "Step on the cross and you will live," they said. The aged grand­father said, "No, T will no!." The grandmother, the sons and daughters, and the grandchildren all shook their heads and refused to dcny Christ. As a result. that whole family was wiped off this earth and promoted to glory. Tcn thousand Christians and two hundred missionaries gave their lives in the Boxer rebellion, because of the cross of Ch ri st. \V e challenge you wi th the message of the cross tonight.

Paul was wrapped up in the cross. It was dearer to hint than faille or posses~ sions Or life itself. What was there in the cross of Christ that caused Christ so to glory? There were five things that 1 would like to point out to you.

I First, I believe that Paul gloried in

the Person of the c.ross. \ ·V hen he found the Lord all the DamascllsRoali, he

hecame enwrapped in Christ. He was wholly won to the Saviour. From that day there dC\'eloped a bond that tied him to the Lord Jeslls Christ. Writing to the Philippians he said, "For co me to li\'c is Cnrist." Christ was e\'ery­thing to Paul. \Ve are apt to become ahsorbed in our own crosses, but not the apostlc Paul. l1e wasn't wrapped up in his sufferings (or Christ. He was wrapped up in Christ's sufferings for him and a last world. I f you get wrapped up in the sufferings of Christ for a lost world. somehow those little things that hother you will fade away.

Years ago in London a missionary service was being conducted in Albert Hall. The invitation was given for those who would accept Christ as their Saviour and Lord. The e\'angelist said, "r not only ask yOIl to give yOllr hearts to Christ, but T a!;k you to give your lives to 1 lim." Among the young people who responded to that invitation was Thomas Waring. God spoke to him and said, "t want you to go to Africa."

Thomas \Varing went home and told his father he was called to Africa. 11is father was uuaged. He said, "Never! :\e\'er! I've trained you to take over my business. If yOll want me to do SOIl1C~ thing for Africa l'1I send twelve men and will keep them in Africa. But never will yOll go out there and waste your life. \~'ouldn't it be far better for twelve to go?"

The young man thought maybe it would, so he said, "All right, Father." But he went to the Lord again. The Person of the cross, the Lord Jeslls Christ. dealt with him and said, '"No, 1'111 asking for YOll." So he went back to his father and said. ''I'm gOing." Il e answered the call of God and went to Africa.

I lis father disinherited him. He went out with nothing. ] 1 e spent fifty years in dark Africa, ministering to the black. benighted tribesmen. Then at the end of fifty years. when his hair was snowy white and he was trembling with age, he was taken very ill and he knew the end was Ilear. As he lay upon his death bed he cried ont, "God. if YOll will give me six mOre months I will go back to London to get someone else to C0111e ouL" Back to Albcrt Hall he went and a great crowd gathered to hear the feeble

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old l1Ii:.:.mnary. lie g-.I\C the 1tl\ltalll!1l and eight yOl!llg' IlItn \' oluJJ tt(:n'r\ to J;O to Afrit'<I Thoma:. \\ 'ar:ng and thC:-il' tig:ht rl'l'ruits \n'nt hark tn Africa, a nd after a f{,w !>h()rt days of J1lini~.tr)· the ()id H\l'ran !>ilppt'd hr>JlW to I){' '\'lth thc I.ore!, 11111 ('i~ht young nl('tl werc kit hc­hillel to carry on. Thl'TI1a~ \\':tring g lori('d in thr I'tr ... r,n of the (ro"s, the Lord J bl1!i. Chri~1. lI e forgot cvcrythi ng: of hi!> OWII for he haci 1}('(f)lllc cnral­lured III Jt· ... us. You fall III Inye \\'J!h the Lord J e~u" and your iJit.' and min iqry wil1 be poured alit for others.

II Paul also gloritd in the power of thc

cross, and that wa!> redemption. I'm sO

glad that Jesus calitd me to preach a g-ospel of power, W e can ~ay tonig-hl. "Ilallclujah for th(' cross 1 It shall never ~lJffl' r l o~!>." \\'(, need not come before men with the ('x('{'lIency cJ£ man's spcec h, and of wi ... d Clm , hut we can come with the clt·J\lon..,tration of the Spir it and [lOweI'; for there is power in th is gos­peL T illS g()~p('1 is ahle to tran ... form hu­man 1in·~. This I!o:.pd i~ able to r('ach dow ll to til(' 1()\\T ... t al1(1 tht' least and it can r('at"h np to th(' hi.t:Ill's t outside o f Christ It brings reality. It !c':l \'cs the sOIlI; it heal" the hody; it :-.atidit,,, the h(:nrt flf m:1II in ('\·trY hCJtlf of need. I 1)('li('\'e that P.'l.1I1 glnritd In that fan .'l.S

he wcnt fOrth to pr{'ach. II c gloried in the \)(I\\'('r of the no:.". That is wh)' he hla/eel th(' mi$ ... ionary trail throughou t all nf the th('11 knnwll world. 11(' kn('w that the cfllcified alHI ri~en Chri !> t was the power cJf God and the an~\\'t'r to the world's nced,

111 Thirdly, J belic\'(' that Paul g'lor ied in

the promi:.e of tht ('f{J"'; . The cross promi ... es li S \'i r tory . The I.ord Je sus ehri':'l eJlc1un'd the ('ross. dt''''pi:.ing the :-.11a111t.', \\'h)" For th(' joy that was set hcfore IIi1l1. Ill' is now s('att.'d at the right h.1JJd o f God, ha\'illl-:' won the "it.·wr\, "Ill glad th('r(' i" a promi ... c of triumph in tll(' eros:.. You may ha\'e to endUr{' "ollle hattlcs hdorc victory conlt's, hilt, hk ... .; Cnd , if you will keep \'our hand in illS nail-~arrecl hnnd the i .orcl will take you through.

Oncc a hrothcr pa ... tor and I were "i~iting a hO:']li t<l1. \fttr we had minis­tered to sOJll(, laclie" in one ward, my comp.1ni()1l ~Iipp('d o\'t'r to another hed and bcgan conn:r:.ing \\'ith a patient who wa~ nry ill. I joined him shortly and h(' saie!, "Thi.:. lad\' ,,-ants to give her Iwart to the Lord jesus Chr ist." So \\'e

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So ,end I YOIl - IO 101 , 11' of CA!.VARY.

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dealt ,,-ilh IH'r from tltt' Scriptures anci wc prayed with her. She accept cd Christ as simply :1.'; a child. I wOJld ered if sill' n~al1l' met the Sa\' iollt becausc it all hapr)eJled so quickly. Shame on us fo r our unhclid! She said, "Ycs, I accept ehr i..,t as Ill.\' Sa\·jollt," amI that's al! there was to it.

I went hack to the hospilal a day or :.() later, hut silt' had hct'll di~!l!iss('d. I felt ~o hadh' hecame r hadn't learned hcr nalll(,. I \~·anted to know \\h('the r <;he feally had he('n sav('d.

. \ fe\\' WI:('ks later I recci\'l.~c1 a tele­phon(' call. The lady said, .. Pa!-,tor, can yotl COlll/.' o\'er 10 Ill\' \lou:.c and mini ... ter to 111\' moth('r?" , \\:enl to til(' home and ~hc ~aid . ":'II}' moth('r was in the hos· pital and you mini!-'tered to her. Sh(' would lik(' [0 sce \·ou." She u!)hcred me into the sick room. ;lIld thcre to Ill\' sur­pri~c J found the lady from till' jl()!-,pital ward. She \\as jmit a skeleton. I said, "Oh, I rCJ11l'mhcr you. Yon are the lady

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that took Chn!-,t as \'Our Saviour that d<Jy," Jltr facc brightl·nccJ 1Il a ~milc a" \1IU(h as her wl.'ak)1c .. ~ permittce\. I ·aIC\' "'t""u arc happy III thc Lord aren't y( t1~" and there "a~ a ~Iig'ht lIoddmg of h('r hcac1. I reac\ the :-Icriptlltcs to h('r. TIll'1l \\'c prayed - ancl 1'\1 ncnr iorget th<Jt hour. Suddenly :.Iu' rai~ed h('rself a !'it awl htr fac(' lit lip With :-'lIIil(':. and g:1 .. rr. She -.aid, "There III.' is coming f()r I1H:. The cloud,. arc brcaking. Hc i:-. Willing jur !IIC, Can't \,01\ ~ce Ilim?" I couldn't ~eC Hnll, but J 1(' took hcr home rig:ln thl:re. Oh, Ilal1elujah 1 There i~ th(' promi~e oi \'ictor), III the cross. Be iaithilll to th(' me:-.:.a.t.:(' of thc cross <lml ~·O\J will have the jo~' of bringing ()lhl'1":-. to it. \\-h('n Jeslls died upon the (ro_~~ and ro!-,l' from tht· gral'(' Il c con­qutTed sill and Satan and h('\1 and the gra\'(' ami the old ("('rClllnnial la\\'. Keep pre_"sing on and this ahundant \'ictory \\'ill he made 1I1ani£(: .... t through you.

I'" Then Paul glor ied in the pas~ion of

lilt' cro:-.s. It was the great ou tpouring: of Ihe Im-e of God. Ha\'(;' you ta~led of the pa~.~i()n of the lo\'e of Cod ~ Ilaye .You ta-.tl'd oi it in intt.'rc('s!')ioJl ~ Ila\'c vou taster] of it in sou l winning? !)aul g-Ior ied in that Jla:.~ioll for thc lost. It con.;traill('d him to pour out his OW\1 life for the SOI}b of Ill('n.

Cahary i" a great ohjl'Ct le:-.son of the lo\-e of God. r believe that as God and Ihe hO:-.ts o f hea\'cn looked do\\'n UpOTl

a fallen \\' orld. Cod ~aid, "Whom shall I scnd. and who will go for I!:-- ?" I call illlag'l!le that Gahriel and ~I ichael nnd oth('r", o f the angelic hO!-,ts offered tll em­sehes inr the mis!-'ion o f rcdeeming mcn, hut C od had to shake I I is head and say. ":-':0." Hilt oh. the thrill "h('n the I.onl jI's \J <; Christ. the Son of (;oel. tile King' of Glory, st('pped fOI\\':trd a!HI ~aid, "1.0, I come (in the \'oluJl\e of th(' hook it is \Hilten of me) to cloTh\' wtll. 0 Father." God sent J li~ ~<lli illto this world, and llis ~nndi('cI UpOJl the cross fJf Cah·ary. It wa :. Ihe outpouring: of thc Inn: oj G()(I, the measure of the pa.s~ iQn of Chri~t for the :-;ot.ls of men. I helieve that passion is what 1lleJti\'att'd Paul as he wen t forth to preach (hri ... 1 \\h('re lie \\"a~ not knO\\·IJ.

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Christ and His Men J. O. Harrell

Father's Day is a goad time to salute the newly organi'led Men' , Fellowship of the As­

semblies of God, The accompanying artide is .ritten by the Gene«ll Manager of the Gospel Publishing House, J, 0 , Harre ll, who is Ho­tionol Secretory of the Men's Fellowship.

TWO SCRIPTURES show very clearly the Lord's desire for fellowship. One is 1 John 1 :7-"But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have jcllo'Z('ship olle with Gnother, and the blood of Jesus Christ H is Son c1eanscth us from all sin."

The other is Revelation 3 :2Q.-"Bc· hold, I stand at the door, and kn ock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will SliP 'wilh him, and he with Me."

J CSllS loved. still loves everyone, as indicated in so many ways. When the children cried out in the temple, saying, " Hosanna to the son of David 1" H e welcomed thei r praise, though the chief priests and scribes could not under­stand. When mothers brought their boys and gir\~ to Jesus J-Ie took them in His arms alld blessed them, though His own disciples could not understand. Jesus loves the children.

He loves the fel lowship of the women, also. lli s earnest effort to reach the woman of Samaria; His words of approval when Mary anointed His feet with ointment and wiped His feet wit h her hair; His obvious delight at being in her home at Bethany-these and other instances dearly ind icate His desire for warm friendship. His chief concern on that memorable visit to Bethany was not for Martha's food but for },1ary's fell owship. He wanted some­aile to whom lle could talk. someone who wOllld understand.

But, while Jesus loves the children and the women, how He IO\'es the fellowship of His men. \V hen He was On earth H e chose twelve "that they might be with Him." He wanted to be close to them, to share their experiences, to cat with them. He took occasion many times to take them to a place apart from Ihe crowds where He could be alone with them. He sti\l has the same longing, as shown by the verse quoted above-"I will cOllle in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me." The closest relationship is His desire,

Does lIe Jove the men more than He loves the women and childrcn? No, that canTlot be; and yet it is evident that He saw in the men a great potential. He had chosen the nlan to be the head of the hOtl~e, He was planning to commit to the men the great task of evangelizing the world. Oh how faithfully and

10Yingl)' He worked at the bnsiness of teaching, training, testinf{. pro\'ing, de­\'eloping, and preparing His men, H ow lIe confided in them. How lIe led thcm on and out. "\Vhom say ye that I am?" He asked one day, seeking to test them. Peter answered, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," and upon this confession and revelation J eSllS made the statement, "I will build My church," Thus He led His men to the point where He could assign responsi­bilities to them. a point which was reached only after much association, prayer, and teaching,

The first four chapters of Matthew are devoted to the !>tory of how Christ was born, bow He was introduccd, and how lIe found His mcn and called them to follow Him.

The fifth chapter hegins by saying that lIe took His disciples up into the motlnt<1.in, awav from Ihe llluititl1<\es, where the .... could be alone with J lim. There TT e -taught them how 10 be happy. how to live, how to love, how to g!ve, ho\\' to grow, how to pray, how to huild,

\Vhen they came down from the

mountain retreat the multitude was waitinf{, and so through chapters eight and nine there is ministry in great power, Chapter ten finds Him again calling- IIis men for special teaching and training for special ministries. lie prom­ised them rewards for faithful service. Chapter ele,'en finds the men departing "to leach and to preach in their cities," And so it goes.

Surely there was some special value in these times of being alone WIth His men :-' Iatthew 26 gi,'cs a bealltiful account of one o f these men's meetings, While they were ealing supptr He instituted the e(lll1lllunion service (v, 26); the)' ... ang- a hymn together (\. ,10): they aJl te~tiiicd (v. 35); and they all wcnt out to pray together \' 36; Luke 22 :40). \\'ouldn'l vou !0\ ~ 10 sing a hymn with JesllS leading it? \ e cannot have that privilege IIntil Wt ,t to Glor\', btlt I think a ~len's Fell! \\'ship meeti'ng when the pastor !lIeets with his men can be compared with til t II "lIlorable meeting in Matthew 26.

Y cs, Christ stid ~1 1 ip ",ith I lis tll('l',

y(':)rn~ for fellnw­I lit h ]JIll df

A TYPICAL MEN'S FELLOWSHIP MEETING

H e re Michael R odriguez is o:iv;ng his testintony (It (I men' s dinner meeting in Tacomp , Wash. ington. Mike was born in II Rontan Catholic home and his a mbitio n WAS to be 0 pries t , but he attended a Protestant boarding school to get his hIgh school education (and there he ca m e to know something of the grace of Christ. La te r he was se"t to .. Catholic college ill New j cuey but he could not get away from the Bible teaching he h ad r e<:eived.

Last july, while in the ~ervice o f Uncle Sam, MIke leached II crisis in hi s life . Weary o f sin and longing for lomething that wo uld l atisfy, he wondcr"d into the Servicemen's Christian C"ntcr in Tacoma and there he found Christ liS hi s personal Savio ur.

"J gave myself to God with all the sincerity of n,y heart ," he said, " and as I kne lt there v ery soon I noticed tears coming out o f my eyes. Something wlI. goin" On all through m y body, It really felt good. I felt sO happy, it waS 115 if ten thousand pounds fell off my s houlde r l, r will born again-anyone could just look lit my face and 'ee that ,omething wonderful had happened. I was a different Mike. My duti .. s 05 a soldier hove been lighter ever since I am not alone, now, but someone is with me who gives me power to live a life of victory, That Someone is our Lord jesus Chr ist , who gives me h appiness and peace,"

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tin; n·ut..,r oi <111 idlu\\,.,hill \\hich tht:Y hase with each other. And H i, melltoday are drawn to each other by Ilis l)reSence in their mids t.

This drawing together of His men found official expression among the Assemblies of God at our las t General Counci l where a resolution was pre~enttd calling for the fo r­mation of a Men's Fellowship. Some As­semblies have had their men organized for several years, with excellent results. It was felt Jllat the encouragement of this coming together of the pastors and their men would provide the fellowship they desire and ","oll ld also bring to life the abilities to assume leadersh ip and responsibility now lying dor­mant i ll the laymen of our As~emblies.

Now, in keeping with this resolution (which was discussed and passed by the General Council , m full session) sJeps are being

t .. kt:n lO ~t;t this Men's Fellowship in mo­tion. Every pastor of the Assemblies of God has been sent a suggested bylaw and plan of action by which a Men's Fellowship can be organized in his own local church. Applica­tion-lor-membership cards are available by which men may join. The membership badge is a simple fishhook pin to be worn in the coot lapel. This badge provokes inquiry by those who sec it and provides an opportunity to invite a friend to the men's meeting or to ap* peal to him to let Christ come into his heart.

\Vhen a local church organizes a Men's Fellowship group, an official Cert ificate of Membership is issued from the National Head­q\!arters in Spring fidd, Missouri, and the local group becomes entitled to representation at Distric.t Counci l and General Council meet­ings o f the Men's Fellowshi p of the Assem­blies of God.

Real interest is being SllOWIl by pastors and men throughout the land, and this new men's organization is taking its place along­side the Women's ~lissionary Council and Chri'it"s Ambassadors in our chu rch.

\Ve believe that Christ has se.t. tIle pattern for every pastor: first, ministry to the multi­ttides; then time alone with H is men. \Vhat it meant in the ministry of Christ it can mean in the millistry of our Assemblies today. The 11en's Fellowship gives OPllOrtuli ity for the pastor to really know his men, to counsel with them, to inspire them, to pray with them. to confide in them, to enlis! them in service.

Christ is calling for men. He seeks thei r fellowship, thei r confidence, their service. In the Men's Fellowship He will find them­and they will find H im.

Reinforcements Join the Ranks A Throng of 751 Graduates from Central Bible Institute and

Other Assemblies of God Bible Schools Joined the Rank. of Trained Pentecostal Worken This Year

FROM Central Bible JTlsJ iwte and ten other Assemblies of God schools last month 751 young men and young women stepped out into the whitened harvest field to help bring the golden sheaves to the feet of Chri st. Colorful graduation exercises marked the climax of their years of Bible training.

The Commencement ac.t ivities at Central Bible Institute in Springfield, Missouri, were typical of those at all of the Assemblies of Cod schools.

The activit ies began with a Student Recital and Recognition Service on Monday evening, May 19. Mu sical features and award pre­sentations werc intermingled throughout the prog ram. Diploma s. were awarded for mis-6ionary Hight training. Certificates were given for the Assemblies of God Workers' T raining course and Jhe Evangelical Teacher Training cour se. Other awards were presented for orchestra work, student ministry, and essay writing.

On Tuesday evening the alumni of Central Bible Institute met with the graduating class at a dinner progta·m. The retiring PresideTl.l of the Alumni Association, F. Wildon Col­baugh, presided at the annual business meet­ing. Loren \Vooten was cho~en to succeed him as Alumni President.

The baccalaureate sermon was delivered on Wednesday night by G. Raymond Carlson, Superintendent of the Minnesota District. He exhorted the graduates to g lory in the Cross alone. There was much to please the eye and the: ear in the baccalaureate service-­the beautiful platform decoraJions; the array of hundreds of young people in their best suits or dresses, or in caps and gowns; the superb mu sic of the orchestra under the direction of Vernon McLellan; the rousing song by the entire student body, led by Elmer Bilton ; the majes.r:ic notes of the organist, Bernice Kovacs. But far more important was that which thrilled' the spirit-the blessed sense of God's presence in the service, and the

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moving of the Holy Spirit upon the greaJ congregat ion. Volumes o f praise and prayer ascended to the Throne, and a message came IT; tongues and interpretation empha sizing the challenge of the harvest field and the need of laborers to go and reap for Chris.r: while time remains.

The final event of Commencement week wa s the grad uaJion service on Thursday eve­ning. First, an orchestral prelude. Next, a long processional as more than two hun­dred school official s, instructor s, and graduates slowly marched to the platform. Then tile service began.

Two groups that rendered beautiful vocal music were the Treble A Cappella Choir, directed by Ruth Stewart, and the King's Choraliers, led by Erika Munger. The singing of the Reviva!time Choir was another treaJ. These s!udent s of Central Bible Institute afe f:ea rd each week 011 the Nat ional Radio Broadcast of the Assemblies of God, and their milllst ry is bringing bless ing to millions all around the world.

The class speaken were William Menzies of Dayton, Ohio, and Jimmy Brown of Mobile, Alabama. Brother Menzies spoke on, "The Treasure H ouse of the Empty Tvmb."

B .... tlett Pctc,",on, P...,~idcnt of Cent ral Bible In_ stitu te, and W. t. EVanJI, I)t,an.

Brother Brown's subject was, "Servillg Our Generat ion." Seated on the platform behind the speakers were Brolher Steclberg and several other members of the Executive Presby­tery ; and the smiles and " Amens" from theSoe leaders of ou r Movement. as they li stened to the class speakers, showed that they had no lears lor the future of the Assemblies of God as long as Ollr Bible school graduates are so sound in doctrine and so fervenJ in spirit.

Centra l Bible Institute ha s been the leading tlle<llog ical school of the Assemblies o f God for thirty years. Growth is a sign of Jile, and tile school has continued to grow in size and effectiveness ever since it began in the bar.e­menJ of the old Central Assembly church. 11 II OW occupies a lh irty- two acre, oak-shaded campus on the edge of Spring fi eld. the "Jeru­salem" of the Assemblies of God.

Springfield , a city of 75,000 population, has been the headquarters of tllC Assemhlics since 1918. Here the students have opportunity to meet lhe leaders of our Mov('mcnt and to hear s{)me of our best -known ministers and missionaries. The Foreign Mi ssions Depart­ment, with its fingers reaching int{) fifty ­seven foreign countries, is located here. So is the Sunday School Department , which pro­duces tfte National Sunday School Con­vention which drew so many Ihousands to Springfield again last Man·h. Here also arc the editofia~ offices and printing plant of the Gospel Publi shing House where the Evougrl and our other church and Sunday School publications are produced .

The city itself has ten Assemblies, not in­cluding any of the churches located close to Springfield. There is every oppor1unity for students to absorb a Pentecostal atmosphere and to imbibe the spirit of our Movement and of it s . founding fathers.

Central Bible Institute offers a well-roumled curriculum on the collegiate level in five fi elds of study: Bible, Theology, Christian

Platform SCent ot untral Bible Insti t ule coonrnenceuwnt "rvice in .. n~ialdy loll_in, tt." pn><.u.i"",,]

Education, Missions, and Mu ,ic. One may receive a diploma for three year<; of work in anyone of these fiel ds, or a baccalaureate degree for four years. The theology dC j! ree requires iive years of study. Credits froTll thcse COllfSes are accepted by a number of universities which offer graduate work in Ille field of Bible.

A tota l of 670 students were enrolled dur­ing the past year. On graduation night 10-\ students received the th ree-year diploma, 61 received the four-year Bachelor of Arts de­gree, and 15 received the Bachelor of The­ology degree.

The riSillg educatiollal standards of the secular world today have fon:ed all our Bible schools to raiSe their educational standard", but Ollr schools have dOlle thi s without lower­ing their spiritual stalldards. At (eJUral Bible Institute there arc thirty-five men and womell serving full time on the administration and staff and they arc all Pentecostal. They include such men as Bartlett Peterson, \V. l. Evans, Ernest S. Williams, Robert W. Cummings, Frank M. Boyd, Glenn A. Rced, and J. Robert Ashcroft. All of these godly men and women arc consecrated to the task of training "Guardians of Our Heritage" that are thorough ly Pentecostal. Those who were presellt at the Commencement ac tivities alld felt ttle pulsating warmth of the Spirit Him­self in the meetillgs can attest tile fact that these men and women arc slIcceeding in thei r l ask. and they call say, ''Thank God for P entecosta l reinforcements in the Pell te­costal ministry."

For furthe r information about the school and what it offers, write to the Registrar. Central Bible Institute, Springfield, ),Iissouri.

(A brochure describing all of the Assem­blies o f God schools and the courses they o ffe r may be obtained free of charge by writ­ing to the Educational Department, 434 \Vest Pacific St., Springfield, Missouri.)

GOD'S CHOICE, MY CHOICE

"Fine day," said a man to a farmer. "Bad for the potatoes," was the discon­

tented reply. Next day being wet, "Fine weather lor the

potatoes," said the man. "Yes, but bad fo r the corn," said the farmer. },.fany, like him, stay at Grumble Corner.

"It ain't no use to grumble <lnd complain, It's just as cheap and easy to rej oice;

\Vhen God sorts out the weather and sends rain,

\Vhy, rain's my choice."

GLORYING IN THE CROSS ALONE

(Continued from page lour )

lx·fore him in the center of the audience there were t\\ O hundred Indians. He said. "Friend~, I halle not always been one who loved the Indians. At one time I was a member of Custer's Army. I fought in a number of h:.ttles previou s to the battle in which Cus­ter alld 1110~t of hb men were eradicated. 1 remember that in Ill)' heart th",rc rallk!ed ;. hatred against the Rcdskill~. \\'e wanted to exterminale yOIl How we fought! But God gOt hold of my heart. J CSIIS Chll,1 saved me and gave me a love for the Hed­,k ins, and I've beell a mi"ionary ta you."

Back ill the alldiellce an old Indian warrior stood up ami said, ")' l i~siOl1ary, I wa~ ill tbose battles too. I fough t against yOll . and in my heart there was hatred against the Palefaces. \Ve wanted to scalp you. HO\\ \Ie fought agail1~t you! But to me also came the lo\"e of Christ. ~O\\ I'm your brother."

The miss ionary said, "Friend. I want you to cOllie lip to tl1C platform." The l1Iis~ion· ary and the Indian threw their arms around ('ach other and the tears ran down their checks. They thanked (;od togetller for the lo\'e of God that Chri~t had brought them. a lo\'e that can ture bitt<.:r enemie~ ill to frielld~ and brothers. Let that love be the domina ti ng pas~ion of your life.

v Paul also gloried 111 the principle of the

cross, the principle of sdf-sacrifice. \Vhat is tllC way of the world? Self -expression. Tile seeds have been sown in our public schools for a I:llmher of years. and it is the opposite of the spiri t of the cros~. Fallen human "ature wants to assert itself. to be its own bo~s, to grasp sd fi~hly for that which \\ill sliit its own ends. The principle of the cro~s is ta give, to subm it, to sacrifice self . That is the spirit we need. if we are ta minister lor God. Christ callle not to he ministered unto, hut to min i._tel' and to gil'e His life a ramom for many. YOImg peaple, I plead with you to POll!' your life out in self­sacrifice to tile Lord J esus Christ.

I \Ias moved hy an incident that occurred on the coast of China mall)' years ago. ,\ landlord who oWlled much laml was out viewi ng llis crops and lookillg a t his granaries that stood 011 a bluff o\'erlooking the vailey loclaw. As he was viewillg 11 is lalld he looked out to sea and noticed that a storm \"as S\I eepillg ill. The lI'ind ~ were blowing and the wal·e. were rising, 111 the valley helow were a number of peasants working in their

ric.; Iladdies, 1I11."l.llare of their danger. He reaiited that the water would ._oon SWl'ep in and they would be dT\lwned. He thought, "I lIIu,l do ~l>lllethillJ.: to hdp th(he l)O()r l)eO­pie ." To cry Ollt wUIII<ln·t be enou~h: they wouldn't hear 11im. To rUIl do\\n then' wouldn't help, for he couldn't reach them in time. What \houlll he do?

1 Ie looked at his granaril: \, II hich II cre filkd with rice. There wa5 only Ollt: way to ~;\It~ the fJ('a<;\lIts. H,; I\lU~t ~et fire to his grana ric,.

.\s the black ~l11oke bqran curling heaven­ward. h(" rang the hell in the oM ht:athcn tempJc. The pe;lSal1ts, hearing the hell ring­ing. lo,oked lip from the lalley below :md <;all' tl1l' ~make ri~IIIE:. TI1l'Y knew-it wa~ a {";,[ I fur help. Tlwy rushed up the h i ll~ide and saw it \\'a~ this weal thy landlord's ~r;lII­arie<; tllat \Iere burning 1111. They became angry and said, "Oh. he ju~ t wants us to -al'e hi, rice. hut he has ~o much," lie n'l1lol1 ~trakd and said, ":\0, look dnwn there" They 1000ked. a11(1 in the "alley where they l,ad been jllst a ~hort \\ hile bdofe. the \\'akr~ wcre already b.pping in. If they had rcmained there tlwy \\'ould hale bccn drowned, \\ 'hcll that landlord died they Illaccd a Illa(lne ill the heathen tcmple, bearil1~ this in<.c r iption: "He gal'e his living to ~al·e our li\·e5."

Yonng people, it \lill c'o<;t )'011 <;omething to \\in men for Christ. Paul gloried ill the cro,,~. He didn't glory bccau,c he had gr:H!uat­cd at the fcet of Gamahl'L J Ie didll·t glorll hccau,,; he had a !(r~'at rdiE:ious 1)."Ickground, He didn't glory becau-<, he lI'a, a Hehn'll of the Jlebrews. li e /.:'Ioried only in the cro<;<­ttle per~on 01 the cro~<; . the Jl()\\,;r of the cro~<;. lhe promi'e of the cr()~'. the pa",i,m of thc cross. and tlte princil)lc of tIll' c"()o;~. As YOII go 10 work after receiyillg recogll iti on f(lr the complet ion of YOllr ~tlldi('s, 1 I,ra), that yOIl too \\ ill glory in the cr~,. :\lay y(H!r tksire be to 'pelld and be ~lIen t for Je'u~. Hl'ar the challenge tonij.:ht. You m\l\t work! The day i~ ,hort. G(I Inuh and labor f,lr the Chri'" of the cross.

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China's Fate Today

May Be Our Fate Tomorrow Written by 0 missionary who 5pent some timo behind tho Romboo Curtain

TODA Y in some sections of Chllla one does not dare sigh. The anguish of the heart C;UlnOI be made audible or om is a~ked, "Why do you sigh? Aren't )"ou happ}? Don't you know that we all are one since we have b«n liberated by our new governlllent?"

Doon of China have slammed shut against Christianity, and massts of hopeless :lnd helpless people have been left impri~oned. In the depth of thcir hearts the believers cry for thc pra}ers of other Christians who arc free to pray and worship God.

You in free America cannot imagine what it is to live under the cloud of fear twenty· four hours a day. In China (!lie !len:r knows when SOllle fal ~e charge will be made again~t him and he will be thrust into prison to be beaten and tormented. The vwple would not mind death. Death would hf: a rdease from the horrors and sufferings and privations. It is torture that is dreaded. The threat of pos­sible imprisonmefU has gripped the heart of all China. Even those at the top arc not s«ure.

The Communists did 110t at first make an Opell drive against the churches. The govern­ment was organized first and records were obtained. All churches were regi~tered. A numbc::r of churdles still are opt'n. This is true of the city churches mote than of country churches as the people can hf: cOlltrolled 11\

the cities by police. Real freedom of worshi p is unknown in

China today although the constitution calls for freedom of worship and freedom to pro­pagate one's faith. Some have claimed the rights and are being allowed to worship for the time, but gradually all privileges are stop~d. A bold determination to worship the Lord Jesus Christ marks one in China. It means that he likely will be arrested, but tile charge against him will not be that he is a Christian. Communists are too subtle and cle\'er fo r that. He will be arrested 011

politieal charges and accused of being are·

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actionary. The only trial a!lowed is when the charge is made and the sentence pronotlllced.

There sometin.es are mass trials when all the so-called Christians of the area are called in to accuse three or four paSlors. The Chri~tians are forced to attend the trial. Gripped in the horrible \'i~e of fear, they dare not rcfu~e. Only the most conscientious take a stand. When they do they immediately are marked as sympathiurs. Communism is a satanic force, generated in the Ilit of hell. There is tremendous dril'ing power behind it all.

Satanic: power is sweeping over the univer­sity people. I attended large rallies of univer­sity groups. In llumbers and enthu~iasm the meetings COrr(51)()nded to our Youth for Christ meetings. Rousing. pepPy choru~e~, de­~igned to catch hold of the heart of youth, were sung. They sang of the joy of goillg forth under the banner of Red China, and of the strength of the new regime. Then there were lectures 011 Marxism. Leninism and evolution. Students attend classes daily in which such princilllcs are taught. Satan is having a revival in Chiua aTld he is getting converts by the thousands.

Because the Chinese are, for the TIl0~t part. a passive people there has been little resht­ance to Communism. There \\a5 gradual indoctrination at first. Moscow has h«n back of everylhing-gtliding. tllldermining, pulling wires, giving orders. lending assist· :;lnce where it has been neecled and super· vising government affairs. The Chinese are taught to hate imperaiislic America and Chris­tianity. Christianity is connected with America.

Russian Communistic plans for decimating the population have resulted tlOt only in lTIass murders, but also in mass suicides. Per· secution has bttn 50 intensified and living so difficuh that fru strated people, feeling that life is futile and hopeless. end it all. Ac­cording to reports reaching me. it i~ Ilarticu­larly true of the merchant class. They often

are act:used of not paying their taxes. Stripped of everything they have and faced with fresh demands for sOmt'thing tht"y do not have, they are forced to find a "ay out. Tho~e who cannot pay the taxes face the prospects of prison, possible torture, pri\'atiom and eventual death.

Professional ~ople are in similar straiu. Physicians, for instance, are expected to ad· minister mt"dicines and to perform surgery but if patients die they are blamed for killing them. Many professors have been taken out iuto the country, in the new land reform, to humiliate them_

Land has been taken away from landlords and distributed to farmers. The farmers are ~upposed to pr<oduce for the go\'ernment. Many farmers dt"spair becaus{' they cannot pay the exorbitant !axe! imposed upon them. A mis­,ionary friend of another sectirm told of fUlllers jumping in the river to escape the situation.

Beeause of the terrorism there is general submission to the gOVernlllent. "Yes" is on lip:s because of the fear that blankets mind and soul, but deep in the heart of the ChineSe there is a cry for help. The cry is sten in the mute' agony of the eyes that have looked upon sorrow. suffering and death.

The raging fireS of persecution have melted down all denominational barriers. B100d­washed saints are one in Christ OVer there. There arc many martyrs.

Tt is a crime to hold a street meeting. One young pastor who was innocent enough to fot· leow God and to preach the Word regardless of circumstances was arrested for preaching on the street. "Don't you know that you are not allowed to preach on the street?" he was asked.

"No." "\Vho told you that you could do so?" "God told me that I should." he replied. They hung him up by his thumb and left

him in the torturous position for hours until he fainted. Just before he fainted he was praising God. Finally he was cut dowll and declared to be harmless because he was so ignorant he did not know any better than to go ahead and preach. "You mmt not preach any more." they warneci him. a~ they did Peter and John in New Te~tament times. But he did not say that he would not. and according to the last account that I had he still was preaching.

Another pastor We knew also had been ar­rested for preaching. and was accused of be­ing a reactionary. \Ve wrote a letter to the autllOrities. informing them that he was a reeogniled evangelist of ollr fell owship, and asked them to release him 5ince he knowingly had not offended the government. In prison the JXlstor overheard a telephone con\'er<ation in a room next to his cell. The officer was say· ing that it was undecided just what ~hould be done wilh him, that they did not want to kill him, but on Jhe other hand they did not want to release him. Soon afterward our letter arrived aTld it was a deciding factor. The pastor was released; however. he was placed under hOllSe arrest. His Bible was tern to shreds before his eyes. He was al­lowed to have only two visitors at a time and h(' could not pray with them, nor Waf; he allowed to kneel in his own devotions. There was no guard over him, but in China there always are spies.

"Christianit)' has taken such a hold:' Mao

T~~ Tun~ ha, admitted, "that It lW\Cr (an he wiped out," But e\'~ry attempt i~ ht'ing made to wipe' it out. Rcligioui l,uhb,-.,ti'JIl! hl\,(~ been SUPI)fe,~ed along with tht' regular prearh­iug of the \\'"rd, The reli~i"u, publicaliolns that are left have bec(,mc noth11l~ Illore than propaganfla bu!letin~ f(lr till' E1'0\ernment.

ChilU.'~e Cl,ri~lians are prayinq: f"r ai' other war thou!:h they know th(' death amI 5uiil'rill!: it would ell13il, Tht)' pray that W3V

becau'c tht'y fecI that it j_ the only wily that they can he liberaled fnml Ihe tVfallllicai lorces.

Ct>1lHl1U1Ii III has been "prt~iI,1 Ihrou/o;heUl China. I do 11(,t helie'-e that there i~ (me ptr~n tVCII in rcm(,te 'CCtlCOI1S. who ha~ lint htarcl of the new guverlllllel1l and Ihe new way uf liie. To me Ihat i~ a challenge and a reproach_ \Ve missed Ollt ~omewhere in

Japanese Worship In Cemetery

Mr. and Mn. Leonard M. Nipper, Japan

ANCESTOR WORSHIP sti ll ha, 3 strong hold on the people of Japan. nad you been with u, this past \\"cr.:k on a natiOnal holiday when we \"i~itc(l a cemetery near ollr hOIl<;('

lOU would have seen proof of th i~_

'VI.'e had heard much about ancestor WOT·

~hip in Japan and had I'i~it(d Ihe temples and shrines and had seen the \>I:0ple bow and pray before ~tatue~. but until \\1.' I'isited the ceme· tery 011 the occasion menti'>ned we really harl not understood about the prayers to the spirits of the dead.

Early last Friday morning we hcard the mumblc of voices of Jap;lIIc~e making their way up the hill paH our home, We thoughl it was a little out of the ordinary, yet knowing that the day wa~ a holiday we decided that the people were on O\ltilll!'. An hour or '0 later we noticed that anw.her road leading to the cemetery near our home was filled with people.

It seems that twice a year, I n holidays of the spring and fail, the people \'i~it the graves of their 10"ed one~. \Vhen we saw the crowd we decided to visit the cemetcry to see what was taking place.

As we entered thc ground~ we could ~ee pe<lple e\"erywhen: carrying buckcts of clear water. Dippers were in the buckets. Inccme was burning by mo~t of the:: tomb~tonc,. There <llso were rice cakes alld cookics ~fore some of the markers. Families gathered around some of the gravcs and were pulling weeds from them, putting flowen in \'3so.:s, and washing tombstones.

W e watched thr~ women and t\\'o child ren kneel and pray at one grave.

At another grave an elderly man built a little fire to light a handful of incenSe which he put before five or six graves. He then rang a bell and prayed by each tomb~tone. The entire fami ly seemed to be pre~ent and each member in turn repeated the cefemony. Even th~ children were told to "worshil)" before the tombstones.

We heard sticks being beaten togethef, and

~1)rc<ldiIiK the KO!-i>t:l. ,\ go<lk~s rchlllOl1 has reached the <l\'erflowing I"'pulati!'n ill .. \\ ry short time \\ 'e did nut $ufX','cd in dDlllg this \1}1('"11 the dO(lr wert' Wide O1~n

I w(,uld I,k~ 10 ellcoura~e tho,e I 1\1 lW

in China by \\ ritinlt to them. hut I d.IT not comlllunicate \\"llh the::lll It w\lUI,! en danger th ... ir li\(:5. The (Jnly commllllil; .• li on I can hJle i" through !)fily('r [ can pra), th,'t ehri"t will ~u~tain with [\I, Jlre~ell<"e, ;wcl l:clp the Chri,tiam to fed my ]1raYl'r~ fI'r tht:m They look tu u~ in\mcrica W UI,hOl,1 thelll in prayer \\'e 1l1U't nol failthl'm ill th'lr dark h.rur oj IICed. I ft·ar f. r nur 0111\ ·.ati, n if I\(' do n"t !lwet thi~ challtnj!:c ir,.no htll with pra~'er \larfan.", I han' \1;ilcht,\1 tht' I'hrnctnellal J:rnwth ,.( C"lI'mulIi"lll ill ("hina_ Communi,m call take .\merica I ~ee ~i~n. ugly ,icm, There arc (>rganilati"H~ now tl1.\t

\\ent to ~ee what was happening. \\'1.' fOUlll1 iI prie,t ,tanding before a largc q. 11(' TIl a wen and litrl;c \\ "men wac \Iith him. en d"nlly a mother, her tWD ~on~ a11(1 the daughters. in· law There were ,tring· of bead~ fln the wri"" (Ii lllemh{'n oj the bmily alld ~ticks were in their h~nd~_ Thel' m'at the stick~ togdher and chanted prayer,. 11('\1 f:r,rk and (\epre'~ing it all ~('el1led 10 us. \\'llt'l1 we left the family group tht' ceremOIl)" ~till WH in l)r(>grc~s.

Evidently tl:\' bc.1till~ oi ~tirk, and the ringing (If l>ell~ wa~ for the purpo,c of e:tlling the dcpart .... 1 s[lirit~_ \Ve ha\'c a,kcd dif­ftrent one~. "To \1 hom do ther pra~. and why?" As rar as \\1.' have ~n able to dt'ler. mine the people hclie\'c that when a per,on dies the ~pirit (,{ the pl'fson ~0I"5 either to a good place ()f a b.1d place. Their \\or<l f"r the good lliacc is n", the same a~ our \\'nrd for heavcn: hO\\ever, ther ha\"e 11\ mind

the a,'erage American .... "uld nut ~u~l«t. ~ce",inl:'h' harmle5! I'er!l(.n~. and st'mt'times tll~(' \\ilh pleasant t'f:rsooa1itle~. ~ome af· f,hatl'd 1\ ilh CUllmulli'm.

'I h" (""1»lUl\i", lw,'t' t .. keu I.uke 142tJ r.n<l f("T\"Ntc ~ it f<or dwir ,1'.11 u"e. They ~ar that ;1 man mth! hatt' hi, father, I11vth,·r. I'.ife. \ hi~f!n'n. hrrthn 11 <llId )1,U'r'l Tht' 1)('()!.le are inl'rulated with tlu: \iru~ of hatred, They arc n'M!c t<1 ac(u,e their k'I'ed "nes and Chri,· lian ;ire made to acnl'l; Ihc d..:aolli" 1)3~­tor alui chufrh melllber ...

1 f II C hale I'ht o;,r n'al and ft.n( r fUf the ('au'l' of Oni'l. if we t>:Ht , ~I tile I""e oi Qln"t "III' h t· n~trains u~ It) It'l·t ur br<·lh. n'll 3url t,) ied hurdel>e'd iClr the It.,t. what call ~t. p C(,mmUnl m frolll l<lklllg '-er here in \meriea) It i~ tilll f\Or u, In ~eek Ihe I.on!.

a Illlce "f re,! and joy 1'\\I(c ..:aeh )..:ar. on the hnllllay, nlemiDllt'd, they lJclie\'e Ihat thl' ~!>irit rdurn" t" the ~rale_ Prayer tS

fll;red that the departed ,pint may find Ih Wl~' to Ihe good abr-de.

The people do III t seem t,) \\ofr\- about Ii\'· inJ: a lZ'ood life here ,m carth. n"r Ik, they 'l'cm til ~cek f"rgi\'ene~~ ior their Sill~ AppJI'ently they are ,ali,lied \\ ilh thl.' thought that th("ir relativc" I'. ill pray for thcir spirits aiter the)' die . .'\c{'ordioR 10 the belief. if rclatil't's do not pray fnr III(' 'pirit of Ihe (!tad OllC. the ,pirit of that (IIII.' i~ \0'1 and canllnl find the route to the good dl'.eJlinR place_

It i~ ~Q difiicul t f"r th .. "e interC'~led in Chri~tianitr hert" to cktcrmine to wonbip Oll\~ the true and h\"illE1' 1.0cI. It take~ the:: ['Ower or the Ilo\y Spirit to hrin~ a~"urance that rl'fkmption throu!:!h the blood of Chri~t I' what i~ l1eeded for {'ternal life with [hri~t,

NEW CHURCH AND PARSONAGE AT KAN DY. CEYLON

A new church and parsonage constructed under the direction of miuinn8T1t'1 Kathryn G, Lona and Palma A. Ramsoorg at Kandy, Ceylon. The Buddhist T emple of the Tooth ;1 located at Kondy, 10 i t ;1 an Important pilgrimage centt' r. Stud,mtl o f the Colombo Bible Institute helped establish the church by conducting evangelistic meet ingl

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SUNDAY'S LESSON

A 'REVIIW OF NEXT WEIK'S LESSON IV f. S. WILLIAMS

DANIEL'S DECISION (Temperance Lesson)

l esson for June 22

Don iel 1 :8· 21

Daniel ..... as one of four Je .... i~h yOung men who WCTC captured by N'ebuchildne1.lar (juring the reign of }choiakim king of Judah.

Pharaoh-nech() of Egypt had conquered King jchoaha7. (2 Kings 23:33) and ap­p(linlCd J~hoia kim ruler in hi~ place. ~Ilb­

j"'ct 10 l::gYPI (v. 34 ). The Babylonian forces ullfltf Ncbuchadnezzar overcame the forces of Fgypt : Ihm jchniakim became subjcct to B,lhy\on in<.leat! of Egypt (2 KinR~ 24 :1). At that time Nchudmdncz1.ar took t he \'(!~se[s of the hOllse of God (v. 2). and children "of the killg'~ ~ccd. and of the princes" (\" J). This indicatc<, that Daniel was mo~l hkely a dc~('cllliant of Killg David, a y(JIIth of royal blood, po~sihly rdated to King Jo~iah.

In Jeremiah 25 \\l' ha"e a prOl}hetlc la111ell-1"11011 in \1 hieh the ])rOphel forctc!ls the ~e"'c"ly years of ca pti vi ty that lay before the Jcw s Cv. 11 ). Daniel was takell into Bahylon with the lir~t contil11:ell t of ca])ti"es. The full force of the destruct ion of Jcrll~altlll and the final caIJtil'it)' came in the ninth )"ear of thc reign of Nehuchadnezzar, wl1(·11 Zedc­kla}1 \\"a~ ki ng in Judah (2 Killg~ 25). God fulfilled Ifi ~ ])redictiolls of jutl).:lllC1l1 \Ihen Ihe- CUI) of iniquity bcCalll(! fuJI (Leliticus 26).

1. Daniel's Tcmperanu Ma intained

\\'e lI1u~ t remember that Daniel wa~ now cl1ly a sla.\"c boy. Daniel 1:6 would indicate that among these young captil"es there werc youths frOIll o ther col1ttuered COllntri('!, bc­side~ JUdah, for It reads, '·Now among these wcre- the children of Judah, Daniel, Il anal1ial1, ~fi ~had, and Azaria!!." The~c arc the l-I ehn w names of t he~e four )"oung men.

The names aTe thought to mean- Daniel, "God is Illy Judge": Hananiah. ··lle to whom Ihe Lord is graeiol1~"; ~Ii <hael, " If I.' who comc~ fr01l1 God"; Azariah, "The Lord is l11y Il elper."

Perhaps you think there i ~ not much in a name, but Ihere is. A go<xl name works la\"orably on the mind of him who bcar~ it. Name .. of persons gi\·en in the Bible are nameS which signify character. T o hal'e names such as Ihe~e four YOU11g H ebrews had lIas an a~sc t to thelll. Each name s])okc of a re1ationshij) with God.

The prince of the eUiluchs changed their nilllle~ to those of healhen gods. Daniel was chang(;d 10 Beltc ~hazzar nJeallin~, "The tr(:a~ure of Bel:' H ananiah was changed to Shadrach, ··The i11Sllir3tion of the SU II ," or. "Let God. the · aUlhor of evil, pre~ef\·e us." ~\lishacl was cilanged to ~Icshach, signif)ing, "lie \\110 belongs to the goddess Shak.'· Aza-

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riah he changed to Abt:d'l1cgo, "The ser­\·ant of Nego."

Thus ,h(·ir ~urrilun(\in2"~, <Inri even their tiam('~, became snch as w<Juld tend to in­fluenet' them away fmm Gnd: but with it al! they stood firm in their faith.

Rdu.ing to cat the king's meat would .. cern fooli-h to a per~()n vf carnal mind. It took ,pirimal sen~e t'o cau'e thc5c young men to apprt'ciate spiritual I"alues above th','e thin!!~ II hich lIIight plea.e tl1<' natural man. \\'e art' told that there were JWO rearon.~ why a faithful Jew would refu~t' the royal menu· (a) 011 il was meat which had been for­bidden the Jews in the law of :-'l o5e~; (h) r'hen it included portiol1s which had been dfe-rt'd to Illol~.

2 . Doniel" Temperanco Telted

Daniel aud hi~ comllaninns were not di~­cOl1 r teO\l~ in thcir decision to refuse to cat lilt· kil1lo:'~ fare. They wcn: gel1l 1c, courteou~, and c"n~idl'rate. They made no demal1ds and were not lluarrclsome. The), 5illwl)" reque~ led that Ihey might ha\·e waRr and I"egetable~ (legumes) ilblead. This became a test for him tha t wa~ o\er thelll. a~ well as fur them. What 1\ l)uld happen to him ~hould tht:}' become lean or sickly? They quieted hi~ anxiety by rel/lles t1l1K thaI the tc.t c(JI'er only tell da)·s: then, were thcy less favorable ill appearance after this l'eriO(I, he miJ.:"ht d('al olhend.e II ilh thcm. I)or~ this not indicate that lJro\"ilig God i" a re.1~('llahle thi1lR ~ I.reat extreme~ ill refigion arc often either th(· mis take~ of human nat lire, or the im­fI()~ili {11I of influences which arc l10t of God. I f we prove God in a rropcr manner we may ex])('et that li e will prol'C 1Iimself. sustaining u~ in our godly decision.

E\'ery youl1g person oughl to artil·e at a definite decision concern­ing the will of God for him. ~l allY decisions will he neces~ary as time goes 011. Daniel's life wa~

filled with decisions, de­cIsions which meant crise~. But these decisions were built on a fOlmda­tion made in his euly life. lie would live fnr God. He would not defile himself. In youth he pur­posed. like Pau!, to "have always a conscience void of offense toward God alld man." H e then COII­tinued to "Iil"e in all good conscience." Too mally young fiCople hal'c never arrivC(1 at a fuJI comecratioll of them­~e1ves to the will a\1d Word of God.

3. Daniel's Temperonce Triumphs

It took real grace for Daniel to take his sland before his Mlpen'isor, alld prob..lbly before a lIumber of captil'e youth from nations other than Israel. Can you not picture other ~ laughing or jeer­ing at the queer Jewi~h OO)S as they ate their

"pul~e·' ",hile the "ther~ were enj,,)·ing tile kilt.l:"'s meat anrl .... il1t'? Daniel's companions t,~ ... J with hill1. \\'hat a power i~ fello .... ~hip

"'ith f)tht:T~ wh, art" equall)· cCln~ecralcr.l. \\'e ),a\"e great Ilrai.c f()f Daniel's e()\1tagl' but .... e mU~1 not forget the help his three breth­rcn were to him.

The teo,). worked \\'Ia.:11 the lell dOllS v.ere finj~hed the~e Jewi ... h boys QU"tril)ped all others in fairl1(:.~ of CQuntenance alld fat­lIe<~ of fbi! ( \'. 15). The J}(l~itiun which they had taken ("(Jmil1ced ~le1zar , their ~upc r­visor, and he "took away the IlOftirm of their meat. and the wine that tht)" ~h(Ju)d drink." The)" had ~tood the te .. t: they now had fa\'or with man a~ wen a~ .... ith God.

\\-e must take our stand before an unbe­llel·ing world though it is not easy. If we fail in the te~t. J)e('Vic will lo~e confidence in us. If we cont inue faithful. Iho~e who might have jeered at OIlT stand wil l ad­mire \I., and \\ il\ hc influenced by our example . .. \I! men kilO\\" \1 hat a Chri<t;an ougJ1t to he. The)" <Ire waiting 10 ~~e the principle~ of Chri~t lil'ed nllt in u~. If we take our stand hlr right ill the hej.tinning. our lor .... ill be ca\ier. It is II<: Ilho vacillates who find~ it hanl and who i ~ apt to be defeated. ~ I ay (;1)1.1 1)l1t the Daniel ~pirit in llS all!

THIS WEEK 'S LESSON

The lJown faJ! of Ju(!ah (k~~()n for Sun­day, June 15). Le~so1\ text: 2 King, 25·1-12.

One de~enes ~l11all credit for being able In ~tar t sOlllethill~. TIle mall \\ho call <;.t <1y \1 ilh it h the hest man.

DOll"t le t all your steam go out ill whislle­)fll1 1\ ill ll Ct'"{\ it 10 !lull the load over a steep hill.

WE W;,s!z ~ SERVE THY GODS ,~ WORSHIP THE GOLDEN IMAGE WHICH THOU HAST SET UP

ITALY' S HUNGRY CHILDREN- How eogerly they grosp for a gift af bread ! How desperatel, the)' need the Bread af Life which

our Bo)'s ond Girls MirsionCIfY Crulade i. providing I

Fifty Million a "Boot" Paul Copeland

THE MAP of EUrope shows a "boot" ex­tending down into the Mediterranean Sea. That "boot" is Italy and fifty million people live in it.

Brother Lewis and I have just concluded a series of Sunday School conventions which took us the full length of that boot, from top 10 toe. In fact, we moved fr om northern Italy all the way down into Sicily. While we would not ])resume to pose as specialists of that country, yet we ha\'e felt the pulse of a situation that ought 10 command the con­cern of every Christian in America.

Italy needs the Book of books. Tha t has been the primary purpOSe of our Sunday School meetings here. Since many of you have had a part in providing gospel litera­ture for Italy through the BOlS and Girls Missionary Cru~ade, we thought you would like 10 know something of the outcome of our survey, and Ihat is the purpose of this article.

As we Illade our way down the "boot," frequently ou r faces were bathed with tears as we saw the heavy burdens carried by Ihe children and by the aged. We beheld ex­pensive marble, and in some quarters we observed Ihe massing of great riches, but touching and sur rounding luxury and extrava­gance there was poverty and mi sery. Often we saw little children devou ring crusts of bread with such cXI)ressioll as to tell us they did not havc suff icient food. We ga ve them bread, and one exclaimed, "You mean I can really have it ?" We hope th rough ~rongcr Sunday Schools the children and Ihe older ones too may be given the Bread that sali s­fie s the soul.

Hundreds of fountains along the roads provide water for the thirst}'. but how few are the fountains providing the \Vater of Life! There are nUlIlerouS shrines to "saints." The Catholic church claims 90% of the inhabitants of Italy as her members. and al­though this figure may be exaggerated it is evident she does hold control over multitudes. How we pray that lhese people nlay be led to bow before the Saviour, rather than be­fore some humanly created "saint."

Ne\·er have I sceu so many gales and arches. Some of them have historical signifi­cancc, speaki ng of some great victory. But Ihese gates and arches only serve to re­mind us of Him who is the only door t o victory. There a rc hundreds of landmarks , and stones everywhere which mark the ruins of ages past. Oh, that the fift y million could know H illl who is the Rock of Ages.

We conducted Sunday School meetings

G llyle F. lAwi" A ui!tllnt G eneral Superin­tendent 01 the Auembli/J' 01 God, and Paul Copeland, National Sunday School Director, are visitin, • number of countrie. in E urope in the intere., 01 S unday School promot;Orl and litera­ture distribution.

under the shado\\. 01 )11. Etna and ~h Vesuviu5. \\'e saw the smoke ascending fp)m the craler of Mt . Elna. We did nOt hear any rumblings from the volcanos that have brought fame to those two mountains, but \\e did behold great throngs of humanity meeting for political demOllstrations. \\'e could hear Ihe rumblings of dissatisfaction. We did not visit Italy to discuss political matter~, and we have nOI done so, but it can be said that at l ea~t twO great forces 3re at work­namely, Catholicism and Communi"m. \Ve have seen lhe so-called "Christian Crusade" symbol, and have also noticed the Hammer and Sickle drawn or painted upon walls for hundreds 01 miles.

Scars of war are common. Pill boxes ami crumbled buildings recall the horrible night­mare of the war that raged a few yean ago. As we enterl.:d one city, a native quickly told us that had it nOI been for God all would have been killed. The line ~ upon hi ~ face told a story of sorrow and trouble.

Bu.t God is working in Italy! The Lord is using Brother U. N. Gorietti, sUI.erintendel1l of the r\~sembl i es of God in italy, Brother Anthony Piraino, sec retary of the Ital ian As­semblies in America, and Brother Rohert Bracco, pastor of our church in Rome. To these leaders can be added Illany brethren whu arc like strong salt to retard decay Ovcr two hundred grouI's of Pel1t eco~ta l be­lievers exist in the "boor' in ~pite 01 lhe re­sistance frOIll some authori ties. Some ha\t' been placed in jail for preaching the );,o'p<:1 Threatcnings have been mally. 1l1jllllCtioll~ haq· becn issued to stop the Full Gospel 1I1c~~a~('. But where the enemy has worked mO~I, the Pentecostal light still .hines brightly.

It was a Ihrill 10 look 1l1)()11 the motto ;11 the front of the auditorium in our church at Palermo, Sicily. It read~, '·Gesu Salva," meaning. "Jesus Saves!" \Vhen one under­stands what this church has suiieTed he e~pecially appreciates that IllOttO a~ it ~llil1e, like a l iny beacon in the midn of darkne~'.

You too would ha,·e wept if you could ha'·e heard the Sunday School children al Bari. Italy, sing, "Building up the telJ1ple of the Lord!" If yOIl could have seen that ~rangely shaped auditorilllll. some 15 feet wide and 160 feet long, you would ha,·e thought tile song most appropriale. Ou t of very humble means the people have sacrificed to begin a building fund.

\Ve heard 11lese PCllteeo~ t a l Italian people sing, "Trust and Obey," and agreed that ~Ot1g too had special significance here. Somc have trusted amid circumstances we have never known in America. Many have obe p::d God when to do so was to defy the eSlablislled order.

There were some surpri ses as we oh~er\"ed the needs for more Sunday Schools. In one

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ANNOU N CING A N EW FEATURE!

nl'~innillg with the Juh' i'SlI' of the .\f if.li"utlP'"Y Choflm!IC'. the vmrk of Xatiollai Home Mi~~ions will b( rea­lun'd ill a two-page ~pre.ad ('3('h month.

The r\ational H ome ?-.li "jolls De­parlmeTlI plans to utilize the~c I'a~c~ to aC'quaint our constituency with lh(' vicloric, a~ 'Well as the needs of nur Home :-'Ii~sion~ worker~

The Julv i~sue of the J1isf;(lIIl1r)' CJwIlC'IIgr will carry the name' of our 175 H ome Mis~ionarih omy und('f ap­pointmrnt by the Katiollal Home 'Ij~­~ion~ Department \\'aleh for It 1

place we mt'\ a Sunday School 5\1pcr~nh:llf1cnt wl)(') ha~ rlividcll the Sunday SchoOl IntI) four CIa~~(,5 Tie tntd U' he harl ne\"('f read a book on Arncrkan SundOlY 5(hooh. lie had not ~n Jau~ht n:rhally He ~airl Ihe Lord simply imJ,rc~'HI him with the thought Ihat peop,k shoulcl tx- clivillec! ioto vari"u~ ag~ Rroups tn

ord('r 10 ~ lau~hl properly In annlh('r plac~ we heard th(' t('~timoT1y

of an !lal ian p:htor who nnw ha~ ("ighl cla~,~~ Thi~ prn~re'~ has come out of Ir('mendnm effort, du(' to oppo;;ition from cOIl~ervati"e dCTl1cnt ~. A~ he Iward m 1('11 of our Sunday Schonb, and a, he hehdcl the pictures of adult c1a~~e~ in our Sunday School~, h(" re· ioiced. I It ~a id the time hafl nnw com(' 10 have Sunnay School fo r adu1t~ al .. o,

In Kallle~ 'Ie found two alert ~i .. t (''fS, hf.th llI1blic ~chool Ita(her~, who arc heRinnil1,1!' to dcvelop tbdr I,WI\ \'i~llal ai,\. Thi ~ i< qUitl' ~igl1 ifi("anl WhOl wc recall the beliel'('n' op­po~iti(m h('r(" to any jlictllr(, o f Ihl' rfll~, or of Je'u,. Thi~ OIlPo~i l ion ('omt'" fn.m mall~ IIrnhl('ms ilri .. ing from thdr rk1i\,('r:l.n('(' fTI,m Catholi('i~lIl: th('y fear any lendel1\Y back towanl Catholici~m,

Then' i, a great nfcd 11<'r(' for Sunday SchWll lill'ratua'. Thc tulMn Ilranch of t ile !\~"('ll1hlie ~ (,f (;,)(1 in tll(, t ' nited State" worKin~ with Nlr 011'11 n()r~ :11111 r.irl, ~fi,,­~ionar\' Cru"a,k, i~ prc,idiuJ.:; fU1ll1~ fllr mid i,~g thi" Ilf'n\. Thh i .. a \try imlKln.lllt )Iar. fur on Januar\" I, jiJ52, th(" fir'! of nur qll:'lrttl ii('" Iral1~iat("{1 frnm EIlj.!li .. h into 11.11ian W:l~ intrn(!u('('(!. It i~ for ;Hluh~. On July I , 1952, a (."hi ldren'~ qllar tcrlr Iran~la ted into Ihe [1;\,11,111 !;ml<uap:c will he ready.

OIlC of the flue,tions COIl<tantly rai .. cd ill our crmfcr('nce~ in Italy wa~, "I [nw (an lIe train our teach("rs?" \Vc ha\"e tnld tlll:m of nur \Vorker~ Training COllr<es. The pa~ tor<; 3rt cagl'r to ~tart 3 \"i~orou~ trainillR pro­gram \\'(, had COIl\'cnti()l1~ al Rnl1l(', :\aple<, B,lri. Catania. and Palf'rmo and at (,,3ch 1)lacc we "ilW sc(,rc~ of fin(" ~'Otmg p«1ple V.;1O arc ("ager to work fur God· If wc can hut furni<h helps to t rain thcS<' young l>eOI,lc. 1I11doubtcdly the Sundar SchQOI~ wilt cnjoy a grcat growth ill a relatil'ely 5hor1 time throughout Italy.

\Ve want you to jlrily that God will I,elll (lur noy~ and Girls ~fi,, ~ i(lnary Crusade so that we ca n trall ~late tli(' manual, "Success­ful Sunday School T earhing," soon, \\'e hope too that it will ~ pos~iblc to translate more quarter1ie~.

Y('s, a ~tru~~le is going on for the'e fiftr

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IlUJlIJIl 1'li,I'WA l'IJtte:!.<>i(,I;.lrl;.nch"'Ollll try t,) Ilrnail Bill Cod ~ys it it time f<lr Hi, Book 10 Ilfe\".1il Tho.: t'3p:erne .. s oi th p;I'tr,r~ all" lal'lIIt'lI \\ flo h;I\'e g.1th(,H·,1 <It "ur SUI'doty !jch{)!)1 ,!)I1CcllIj· III \\(>lI1t{ ~uh<l~nllat' thi. You ... nd I lIIu't I,ra)' f"r lhe i'cl,tt'1:'),tal lJe<"'l'k ill 1t ... 1)" ,-\ the l.t,n! pf(j"jtk v.e nlll,1 assi~t them in the translating :lIln J)rinti!l~ (If liter<ltun', induding tr;lining manuals, and il1 otlwr \\,IYS es~elltial to th~ dC\'do\HlleIU of ~ ~trnng Bihll'·ha'td tearhillg Jlr(~ram. Italy mu~1 ha\"t the BII()K of books!

OUR GOAL- 600 NEW IN '52!

L'J1(kr til alKne !tea'ling \n' viall to li~t from time to time Ill'\\" ;\s~tmb li e< which hace h"1l "]ltlll'd sinn' januiry 1. 1952. If a ue'\ \1'nrK in your locality or di,trirt is 110t )i~ltd. it i~ IlCcall!><,' \I \. haw 1101 ~tt receil'ttl tl1(' il1f"rmali, n,

\1'1' .\1. \(' ,, 1.\).' ,Rr i ~ t ol (·eron d dlUrch). I:\nl.\~ .\ E3q (;lelll1, Edinburg, lI ~bron,

Sullivan, L'ni· 'II City J.nl'ISI.\~ \·-·Crowkv, Hayn('~I·ille. Lake

Pro\·ilkn('(', Thihndailx, \\'i~lIcr. ).'FW YOHK·:\E\\' JERSEY· -Cohl)~:",

X, Y .. Fulton, :\ y" Xarrow~hurg, X y, Oneida. X. Y .. \\'a rsaw, :--:. Y .. Eng[cwl.o'I, N. ).

KORTH C.\ROLll\.\ derka (nt'ar Willard). mil1~t"n.

~I oun t Airy, TllOl11a~I'ille ,

ORFCO:--: nrn()killv~. :-'falio.

Pen · \\'il ,

SOUTH ('\I~OLlX,\-(near) Gaffncy. C,rcemille (\\'dcome As~eillh1)'). lIart~cil!e, Xew Ell ington. Sumttr,

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Garfidd. Ltnllox, l.o~ Alamito~, Xorth Van N\lY~, Pedlr)" Redondo Beach, Thou,and Oak5, Tul are, Venice.

WE ST FLORIOA- Ajl3Iachicola, E as t Milton, GrC\l1a, "'Madison, Millers Ferry, \Varrington. \\,E~T TEXA =--Aherna.thy, Claud, H ig­

gin~, :\eedmore Community, Od('~'a (~ot1t h ~ide), \\'hitcfar(",

W c belic\'e God for 600 new A ~~emb1ie'l in 1952, W(" would like 10 list all new AS(en1-

Lhc~ ~l) plea(e wrilt' u~ abl)ut your flt:W work JU'I ild<ir('~s your card (lr letter to Xational H"l11t :-'I,,,ion, Departmef.t, 434 \\"nt Pacific ~t. Sjlringlidd I. :-'11, ,uri.

THEY STARTED IN A GARAGE! On July I, 1951, Ithl thirty days after

pladuatilll: from S,.uthcrn Caliiornia Bihle C"l1egl', Brl'lh('r and Si~tcr Ruy Sperl' olwlltd th('ir homc an!\ R"rage for services in I.akewood, California, Thi~ i~ a ncw C(lm­munity, which, \\ hell cfJml)leted, will eomi5t of o\"er 17.000 hom<:s and a populalion of around 6O,lXlO.

Their iint Sunda)' Schoc,1 was attended by 20 pcr~on~, and 1I1JW, ten Ill<mths later, they are ;I\"craginp 60 in ~ullday School. The)' can scat 70 p('r~ons comfortably in the little garage-rhapel. which i~ attractil'cly fi nished in knotty ]line, Already they are crowded for space in the Sunday School.

nrother Spere writes: "(;()(1 has r ichlY blessed us- ·spiritually. numcrically, and finan­cia lly ! O ne l)cr~On responded 10 the altar ca n the vcry first ~en'ic(" when the pastor ,poke on the 'New Birth.' This alone thrilled ('ur (oub and in(llired us to go on.

"At prCSCIl1 we have the onlr full !l;o~pcl church in the imm{'<"liate area and the oppor­tunit)· for gmpel worK here" unexcelled. \Ve co\"et the prayers of Gf)d'~ ~ople e\'erywhef(', and tru~t that He !'than direct Assemblies of GcxI and other full go'pel faillilies a lready residing here to a ~~i~l in the Jlurcha~e of a prOp('rty site and lhe ercelion of a church building."

We prai<e God for this pioneer efforl in

A NEW ASSEMBLY IN GR INNELL, IOWA

A little over a yellr aRo the Glad Tiding' A~$embly of God ..... as star1 .. d \II Grinnell, Iowa, under Ihe leadership of Brot he r T. W. Stark. In .. short time th .. y were .. ble to purcha.e the First Bapli<t Church. Iho ..... n above. complete with Sunday School equipment, etc. The auditorium will leat 400.

The group has !trown in Sunday School Altendnnce from 34 on the {iut Sunday to an average of 73 fn r March , Th., building, com· pletely remodeled and redecorllled, was dedicat, ed on March 17.

A M en's F .. ltowship hll' been organized and i, reaching men of the community outside the church. God', btessings are evidently upon this new effort. and there i, every indication that • IIrong work will be built for God in the city of Grinnell.

Lakewood, (<lliiufIlia, Spcces t hat God will building very soon.

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ing new fielcl~. J US! :ldclrc~~ ~'(lur l(tter to the Kational Home :-"Ii~,i(>n~ llellartlllcnl, 434 W. P acific St . Sprin~fi('ld 1, :-"li'~(;lIri.

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GROWTH SEEN IN NORTH CAROLINA DUNN, N . C.-The eighth annual Distric t

Council o f the N orth Carolina DiHr;ct conv..,ned nt th.., Glad Tidings Church d u ring the .... e( k of April 20. Report. re vealed the District is growing steadily and dev('lop;ng with sta bility. R. M. Rigg. wa~ the gu".t . p eaker and hi, mes.age. were both timely and h('lpfu!.

The three execulive officers. Andrew Stirling, B. H. Conant, ~nd R. O. Brown, Wl're relurned 10 office on the nominating bnllot.-Andrew Stirling, Distric t Superinlendent

MINISTERS' MEETING FEATURED AT DISTRICT COUNCIL SESSION LUBBOCK. TEX.- A special fealure of Ihe

West T<!x3 ' Di. I,icl Council was the daily meet­ing for mini . teu and their wives, beginning 01 9 ".m. Wilf red A. Brown, gue. t speaker for the convention, spoke At these morning meetinRS. He .. !so addressed Ihe convenlion each night.

The convenlion WAS held in Ihe Firu Assem_ bly in Lubbock. It open..,d with a C . A. rally and closed .... ith an mdlll3lio" service at which eight were set apart for the minisny.

All officers of the Di . lrict were returned 10 office.

BUILDING LOST BY FIRE HOLTVILLE. CALI F.- T he home of the

As.Clmbly of God church in Holt"ille burned to the pound On Saturday nighl, May 17. Both the Sunday School annex and Ihe m~in audI_ torium wer.., .. total lo.s.

According to Ihe paslor , Mino r l'liggins, the loss amounted to aboUI $20.000 and the in_ surance coverage amounted to ubout S8,000. The congrega lion had only recently mllde im_ provements in the church. including new seals, new piano. new pla tform. and interior decom­tion. A number of muoical instruments were lost. and the pastor's library Diso.

The church immed.ately laid plans to rebuild as sOOn as Ihc loIS could be cleared. In the meantime, Sunday meeting. are being held in the Legion Hall.

ELMER GREEN ELECTED IN GEORGIA DISTRICT THOMASTON, GA.-There were 164 quali.

fied votets registered here for the 19th annual Di$\rict Council, May 6 to 8. It wa~ the largest registration of qualified voteTS in thc hiuory of the Georgia DIStrict. H. F. Freeman was host pastor .

Lester S"mrall wa s Ihe m.~in speaker at the convention. His ministry waS said to be a great blessing.

A new Dislrict Superintendent was elected. R. C. "Keetah" jones had announced Iwo months earlier that he was going to rHign. H e said he would be in eva ngelistic ministry fo r a year and could be reached at 1516 14th Street, Wichita Fall., Tex. Elmer Green. who had ~erved as Secr~tny-Trea5urer of the Di,. trict for five yean, wos chosen to succeed him.

Grover Langston re$igned as Assistant Super_ intendent and Ernest Pruetr wu, elected to thut office. George Klorm,m of Waycros, was named Secreta ry-Treasurer. The Council voted to make this a full _time office and to establ;sh District headquarters in Atla nta.

A highlight of the convention was the repon

thai th,' Geergi .. assemblies had r"gLllered a total increase of n"arly $10.000 in mi,.ionary off ering. du ri nlE the past yeu. During the Coun­cil meetin'l: th~ W . M . C. had a p"nny march 9n-l 51.275.03 was pouH'd inlO a big WAsh t ub. La,t Y('9t the W. M C sponsored thr erertlon of :l new hrick (hurch in R ich ' and. Their ]')roject for this year will be the (hu"h in Warn..,r Rohin..

Hrot"'t'r Jon"s rcporl"d thaI 111 n"w work1 "'ere stnn('(! in th. e p ast y(,"lr. 1'1 .. pointed out that dunng Ih(> p.Ht se"en yean thl' numbtor of lIS'emt-lie. in Geerci~ has douhled. ""hic!> meAn~ Ihat on Ihe av" rog" .. neW church was utab­lisl">ed ever)' two month •.

"BEST COUNCIL IN HISTORY" FOR NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY NEPTUNE, N. j .-M nny who ntt(>nd('d the

ninth annual Council o f the N ew York-New Jersey Di ~tr ict stilted thAt it was the hi'5\ III

the District' , hi.Iory. II met here M ay 5 to 8. with a record Att endance.

T he Iheme of the conv..,ntion . "Feeding th l' Flame," was thoroughly "mpha.iz('d by. the ~. A., H om(' Mission~. W . M . C .. Sunday School. and other departments.

Thoma, R Bruhaker. Distric t Supc<inte"den\. was relurned to office by an overwhelming vote. Other offi ce($ are' jo.eph Flower. Assistant Sup~rinlendent; Richa rd j. Ber(i:strom. Serre_ tAry-Tre~surer; j ohn Kellner and Ailnn A . Swift, Genera! Presbyter.; Phillip Barnard. C. A . Pres i­dent and S. S. Director: Mrs . Thomn s R . Bru_ bak e r , W. M . C. President ; fin d Min R eba Nor('ro ... Ani. lant W. M . C. President

All Distr ict Presbyters ..... ere re_('l ected ..... ilh Ihe exception of Frank Peckham who was re­pl aced b y G ordo" Bender.

The convention clos .. d with fin ordinalion sermon by Allan A. Swift Aud Ihree were ordained to Ihe mini . try . Radio Station WJLK of Asbury P ark donated thirty minutes of air lime to broadca.t a program of go.pel music and ~;nRin!!. Much favOlDble comment was hea,d concerning Ihe broad ca st.

FULL-TIME SEC'Y-TREASURER ELECTED IN MICHIGAN GRANO RAPIDS, MICH.-The eighth un­

nual District Council of the Assemblies of God. meeting here. voted to elect a full -time Secre­tary-Treasure r. Do nald G . F oote. who h ad .erved a s Secretary-Treasurer for four years while pa.lorinR in Yps ilanti. w;thdr('w hi. name. and Malachi R. Cook was e lected to thi s full­lime office. The Di.trict Presbyte rs were author_ ized 10 establish a permanent h eadquarters offire

Bond Bowman stAted that hi , p astoral r,,_ sponsibillties ond the limita t ions of h.is heAlth would no t pl'rmil him to a ccept re-el"ction to Ihe office of Assi.tar' l Superintendent. P ar"in C. Lee .... a. elec ted 10 toke hi. place.

All the .eclional Presbytt'u were elected on tIlt' first ballot.

The convention mClI in the ne ..... \Vood mere Garde ns Tabernacle in Grand Rapids. Pastor

'and Mrs. H arv~y Krist and Iheir congreeation hlld iu,' compl(' led Ihi s neW buildi n!! and i l WII" dedicated durinR Ihe Council m('('ting.

Charlu W. H . S COIt. District Superintendent , reported thAt nin.., new churches hAd been stMt_ "d in Ihe past year. Ten neW church buildings hlld b een dedicated lind nine more were under ~onstruc:ion.

The Counci l adopted a re~() I\ltion 10 en­courage the o rga ni~in~ of Men'. Fellowship groups ,n all Ihe local Assemhlies.

AMONG THE ASSEMBLIES FRISCO, TEX.- Soul s were saved and be_

lievers filled w,lh the Holy Spirit in a meetinR with Evangelist J. R. Knegg. of Gre..,nville, Tex. This ..... a . one of the greateSI meetings ..... e have had.-M. L. MillOn, Pastor.

LYNCHBURG, VA.- Evangelist Wallace P. Odum W;,S wIth us recently in a .meeting in Our pioneer work hcre. The Lord blessed in a gracious way and souls were slIved.-LcvI S. Beiler, Pas tor.

CUBA, MO.-We had a two ·week meeting wilh Ev"ngelist. Margie ;lnd Opal Cordry. Five wHe saved and twelve were filled with the Holy Spirit. Thi. is a new ..... ork.-M. E . Sooter, P astor .

FARMINGTO N . ME W e enjoy('rI .. two­wo;oek meeling witt, EVlllnR~lilt C . C. G:urf'tt of Mi Ami. ria. The ct,u,ch was uren!!!thened and encouraR"d to prf". On to Ilr"aler viNorv. The sainlS Were sl"rl'd tl) ."ek a clc..er walk with G od. Anthony 1. D"Mar(o, Pa"or

ODE RLIN. KANS -On April 20 we cI" ... d a succ",.ful met'lin:!; wil!> Evan!!!,,\i<1 R ~\ph Hille_ IE'" T herp " .. "r" four ... onv .... ion. and '('",nl who had !:>ccom" indi(f(>rf'n t rl'<'ei"~ A re"l t<"Iu(h from Go,l in t heir '(lui. \'.'e brok" our Sund,lV School a t1l" nd~nc" record with 140 P"',,,ot the week befor, Ea"er.-H . M H olli s. Pastor

ATLANTA TEX - We accep t~d the pastor· ate here la.1 JUlie anel Ihe Lord hu been b!e~~;ng the work. Rl'-:en ~l)' we h"d t,,·o o f the bHt m"eli"Rs we have eVet had. W .. broke the Sunday School attendance record and oeven ]')eo1'l" unil('eI wilh the church. The Oppo.i l ion here is grea t . but the Lord i. ]I.,,,aler, and we are pr"ving Ih"t God .... iIl makf' O" r ch:Hch • .ou1-'a"inR center in thi' Cil),.-Pastor And Mrs A W W aner.

TIPTON. OKLA.-Evangelist pnd M". O. W. Newma n o f Imperi nl. T",.. we re w,lh us [or three week •. Fourle('n Were anve-d. 20 uniled with the church, n nd 21 w('re baptited in watH. A Tlew SundllY S chool .. ttendance record of 203 W'" m Ade. \Ve Dre goinll. to b\.,i ld more Sunday School rooms.-P u tor And Mrs Fred Carrington

WOOD R IVER. ILL.-Over 100 people ..... 100 had never been in our c hurch before attended the meeling conducted by the Musical Vander­P loeg. of ToledO. Ohio. The inlere.1 was very good Irom the first night. Night after night G od came down in such pow('. Ihat the evangelist could nOI miniSler the W ord. A total o f 42 lou l. C6me 10 Christ and a number test,fied 10 d"fini te healing. in Iheir bodie •. We inviled Ihe VanderPloeg, to return for a meeting.- M . M . Brewer. Pastor.

TRANQUiLiTY, CALi F.-God visited our l,ttle town HI a rev!va l with Evangeli . 1 Pork Reed of Ca nlon, Okla. About 40 were laved lind 20 were baptIZed w,th the H oly Gholt The Sunday School attendance record wa. broken.

A young mnn, who .... as in a car accident and had broken hi. blOck. was healed ,n.tATllly. The doctors did not give him much hope of ever beinll. we ll again.

Brother Reed' . messa!:.." on prophecy ulrred .. nd edified the saints.-Ch erle s and M ay MIlle r , Pastors.

ENID, OKLA.-We tha nk God for the fine revival He gave us unde r Ihe pble minis try o f Evang~h.t And Mr$. Bob M cCutchen of AU.\ln, T ex. Souh we re saved and fill ed ..... ith the Spiri\. Brother M cCutch..,n preached the Word unde r the anoint",g of the lIoly Spin\. A num_ ber testified to ddinlte he ul ing The Sundoy School lIttendance record o f several years' 'tand ­ing was broken.

Since com;nR 10 pa"or Ih" church four yeArs ago. God has blessed us 1<1 many way,. We ha"e built a nd pa,d lor a love ly buff brick parsonage. We plan to build II new church in Ihe neor lutuT< ... - Edglir N e wby, Pastor, Enid Go.pel Tobernacl".

CORVALLIS. OREG.-Evangeli.t Wilbur H e nry and polly were with us in (l me~li nll. in Ihe Amer ic<on Legion H oll. The Lord gave u. wo nderful resul t. even though Ihe people in genera l were opposed to the minislry o f heo!;ng.

A young bOl'S hearing was restored to nOTlna!. H e had be"" weatlng a ht'aring aid, but oft l' r prayer h " could h('ar the pUTr"'!; of hi . kitten His mo ther teslified that he could hear Ihe radio with Ihe "olume .et at normal, whereas fo rme rly he had to lurn Ihe r .. dio on so loud that he would almost drive her out of th ~ house.

A lady had Ihe le"se of smell reslored afUr being afflirted for 28 years. Others "'ere healed of rheumatism And diAbetu.

A man was healed of hearl trouble. Hi. con­dition was 10 serious tha t the docton forbade him to wolk over two blocks. After he left the pla tfo.m he ran around the inside of the bui ld· ing. Laler he walked a half mile. ADout n w..,ek late r he was chopping wood. We vis ited him at his home And found ho had just chopped half p cord. - Hilton T . Park, Pastor.

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MILTON-FREEWATER, OREG., May 13-We are entering the seventh week of revival with Evang..,li.t G. W. Hocker. 50ub are being saved and filled with the Holy Spirit almost every night. Some nights four or five come through t o a wonderful Pentecostal experience. We have II radio broadcast, "Time of Reviving," over Itation KTE L, W alla W alla, Wash .. Sunday afternoons [rom 4: 30 to 5.-B. M . Shelton, Pastor.

BAKERSFIELD, CALl F.-On April 27 we dosed a profitable three-week meeting with Evangelista Bob and Deion Sheran of Holly­wood, C alif. Brother Sheran'. preaching WIIS

accompanied with deep conviction and many .... e re laved. H is menages on the second coming of Christ stirred the Christiana to examine their l ives in Ihe light of this great event.

Brother and Si.ter Sheran emphasized the import9.nce of wLlnessing for Christ. The young pe<lple were challenged to consecrate their all to the Lord and work for Hip' while there i . time. The Sunday School allendance .howed an increase during the meeting.-Lawrence D. Krause, Associllle P astor, Gospel Gleaners Anembly.

TOWANDA, PA.-Last N ovember we Llccept­ed the p astora te here. and at t llat time the pe<lple were worshiping in a store building. A few m onthl later II m ore suitable building wa. purchased and renovated. lind the blessing of God has been upon all department. of the church. The Sunday School reached 0. high point of 83.

In April we had a meeting with Evangelist lind Mrs. R obert Wallace of Portla nd, M e. Five were fi lled with the H oly Spirit, several came forwa rd [or salvation, back~lider, were reclaimed, a nd a number testified t o healing. W e now find tha t we m us t enlarge Our p lace of wocship.-Russe i1 D . Wel.ch, Pasto r.

EVANSVILLE , IN D.- The four Vibbert brothers (jack. (I Methodist baptized with the Holy Ghost, Ted, Buck, and our pastor, Han5e l P. Vibbert) were with u. in a fou r·week meet­ing. As many a. fifteen were s(lved in one night. God met us in a n old_time way and LI number of people fr om other churches received the P entecosta l experience. The Sunday School reac hed a new high of 600.

A Presbyterian lady e ntered the healing line and G od healed her of {l heart ailment. She fcU under the power of G od, ond while pros· trated she received the baptism of the H oly Spirit. Her doughter Wll5 filled with the Spirit the next night.- Louise Martin, Church S ecre­t ary.

OAKLAND, CALIF.- The m eeting with Evon. gelilt W. V. Grant in March probably created a wider interest than IIny othe r four· week meet· ing in the history of O(lkland Revival T aber. nacle. People ca me from many surround ing c ities and received d eliverance for soul and body. The prayer room, which adequately ac­commod a tes over 250, Wal crowded to capacity, and m(lny remained unti l after midnight.

F rom the opening to the closin!!: 'Hvice, peo­ple we re saved Bnd filled with the Spirit. No count wBS taken. Some estimated tha t 300 were bagtized.

One night 51 testified to receiving healing while sitting in the congregntion. The clos ing night 120 stood up a. a testimony that they had rc<:eived healing . One man ]ert hi . back brace at the church. A man who was blind in One eye and had only 5 per cent vision in the other eye, professed Christ 8! his S aviour . Alter prayer he left his white Cane at the church. One week later he read coarse print before the audience.

A revival spirit pre vails in the church. T o our knowledge every week in the last .even years there have been souls seeki"g salvation at tha Tabernacle.-Cecil J. Lowry, Pastor.

EL DORADO. KANS.-Two weeks before Christmas 0. Baptis t man came to me and .aid that we needed a new church and that he wou ld give 5500 for the buildi ng fund if the c hurch would raise 51 ,000. That Wednesd ay night he and his wife came to our c hurc h and I told the p e<lple what lIe had said. We raised 5710 that night , a nd this Baptist man gave the first hun· dred dollars. When I gave the altar call he and hi, wife ca me and were saved. By the next Wednesd a y night we had rai sed $].500 for the building fund. (Thi. man "nd his wife hove 0.1 . 0 received the bapti~m of the Holy Spirit.)

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We had been praying for a Holy Ghos! re­vival !Iud we h"d 1 1 saved just belore our sev~m·week meeting began with Evangelist Lulu M. Ware from Califomia. Thirty.six more came to the altar for sajvatiou in this meetIng and 22 were filled with thc Holy Spirit. Many test ified to definite healing, some were delivered f rom bad habits, and 19 membe., c"me into the church , The last Sunday of the meeting we had 190 in Sunday School.

Over 200 attended the outdoor water bapt;!· mal .ervice. Fifteen fo llowed the Lord in bap. tism. In harmony with Acts 19: 19 we had a burning o f books and several other article. un· becoming to holine$ •. - L. J . Hoilis, Pastor.

PORTLAND, ME.-In a twelve·night meet· ing with Evangelists Roben and L illian (Over· street) W alters, nine re<:eived the b"ptism of the Holy Spirit and II great many received "a new touch of fire in their soul •. " Over 40 came to the ahar for salvation. Backsliders who hlld been away from God as long liS 25 years ':;"ere gloriously reclaimed. M any membe .. o f denomi_ national churchu came to the meeting. lind were convinced o f the power of God.

W hole famili es have been brought together th rough the salvation o f love d ones. A son in one fam ily, employed as a pllinter for the church, was snved shortly before the meeting began, a. wa. hi, father. During the meeting this young man was baptized with the H oly Gho$t, and his brother was converted and a lso baptized with the H oly Spirit.

In two ins tances fathers and IOnS who had been at enmity were beautifully reunited by receiving salvation .

One ma n was healed of a punc tured ea r drum which had been draining every three d ays.

We give LIt! the glory to the Lord for answer· ing the prayers of His people in granting uS thi~ wonderful moving of H is Spirit. The evan· gelists have a fe arleu, powerful, Christ·centered ministry. Brother Waltc rs is a good pi ani~t. accordionist. and . inger._Antho ny P agano, P as. tor, \Vest End Gospel Tab('tnacJe.

ROCK SPRINGS. WYO.- W e began a m eet. ing with Evangelist Wilbur Ogilvie on March 1 which was .cheduled for three nights. By t he end of the three nights .0 much h8d been ac. complished that we continued for three weeks. Many people were attracted to the services be­CauSe o f the definite healings tha t took place.

During the early part of the meeting a d eaf mlln received hi, heo.ring, thus convincing many that the days of miracles a re not over.

A lady was healed of inward goiter and gat! bladder tro uble. Othe r. were healed of .tomach ulcers, anemia, heart trouble, nervou. disorders, foot t rouble, bad eye., partial deafness, hemor_ rhoids, a nd o ther afflictions.

The revival grew to s uch proport io ns that it WaS a topic of conversa ti on in .hops, cafe., coal mine., etc. P eople from other churches came for prayer. A M ormon lady, deaf in both ears and wearing a hearing aid, was ena bled to hear in_ stantly, and answered question. a s Brother Ogilvie s tood behind her. A lady from the Christian church. and a m an newly converted, eac h received s igh! in a blind eye.

There was such a move of the H oly Spirit that several testified to being drawn t o the services by direct promptings from the Lord.

Several ent ire familie. were laved. and a round 35 received the bapu.m of the H o ly Spirit, Heavy conviction rested on the con"r('gllt;on night after TUght and score. of people made the;r way to th" prayer room for salvat ion.

The church ha. b"'fln strengthened nnd blened in every respect. We plan to have Brother and Si$t('r Ogilvie return for another meeting when our new church is completed.-R . G . M cAllister, Pastor.

COMING MEETINGS

Noticeil should reach uil three weekil in advanc ... due to the ItfCt that thfl E:'VanAel i. m ade up 18 days before rhe date which appear/l upon it .

HARVEY , I L L.-C"lvary T emple. june 12-; Evangelists Cordel;1I D onnell and Mildred Hol­Ier. ( W . j . Sawyer. is Pastor.)

CHARLOTTE, N . C.-Centr!>1 Assembly, june 15-29; Evangelist K . L . Claycomb.-by B. H. Couant, Pastor.

VIRGIN IA, ILL.-T ent meeting. June 8-22 or longer; Evangeli.t and Mr •. Dale Stflrling, T ulsa. Okla.- by Helen Cox and Mabel Brown, P a.tor •.

G LENDALE, C ALTF.-Bethel Chapel, June 22- july 13; E vangelist and Mrl. Bob L. Sherlin. Hollywood, Cll l i!. ( Arthur Slater i. Pllllor.)

COFFEYVILLE. KANS.- june 22- ; Evan. gelist and Mrs. james A. Call . Trenton, Mo. (Everet te Ewing is Pastor.)

PEARSON, G A.-Assembly of God. june 25-; Evangeli.t and Mrs. B . M . M cCutchen , Austin, Tex. ( H . L. Galloway i, PUlor.)

KERMAN , CA LI F._ Assembly of God, june ]6-; VBS, M rs. Agnes S tokes, Morro Bay, Calif., instructor.- by j . C. Snyder, P astor.

WORLAND. WYO.-June IS- July 6; E van . f{elilt H a rry W lil ker, Coeur d·Alene, Idaho. ( Walte r Ventling is Pastor.)

HELENA. M ONT .-A ssembly o f God, j une 17- 29: Ev,, " gelisll Carl and Edna Goodw;n, P omona, Carif.- by Edwin j orstad , P astor.

BELL GARDENS. CALIF.-First A.sembly o f God, June 2-; Evangelist Walter E. Larson. - by R . M . H orgis, Pastor.

VERONA. ONT .. CANADA- Verona Pente­cost al Church, j une 18- 29; Evangeli,ts Ernest a nd Virgin ill B('rquist. ( T. E. Richard.on is P :utor .)

ELECTRA. TEX.-Tent meeting, E. H orriso" lind Illinois St •. , june 4- 22; Musical Vander. Ploeg! , T oledo. Ohio._by G . W . Risner, jr., Pastor , First Assembly.

DETROIT LAKES. MINN.-Assembli el of God Church , M ay 25- ; Evange li . t Gerald Fi$cher with the " Musical Fischers of Men," Greno ra , N. Dak.- by K. M. Freiheit, Pastor.

SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRIC T COUNCIL - First Assembly o f G od. 1412 Richla nd St., Columbia, S. C., June 23-27; Wilfred A . Brown, Springfi eld, M o., guest .pellker. Ac­commodlltionl furni . hed for minist ers "nd dela­gates.-by J. C. HunniculI, Di. trict Secretary a nd Han Pastor.

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HERTFORD, N. C.-Anembly of God, Homecon,ing to comn'emorate 25th anniveraary of church, June 15. Special speakers and ,in.:_ (In.-by Alvin W. Pric", Putor.

MICHIGAN BOYS' AND GIRLS' CAMPS­F.-Ho-Le C.mp. Ora,. Lake, M,ch. Geor.:e and Billie Dav" of Springfield, Mo., speD-ken. BoYI' Camp, July 5-11; Girll' Camp, July 12-18.

MALVERN, ARK.-Union tent meelin.: (2,000 leall), north on Hi(thway 270 just out­.ide city limitl, June 14-; Evangelin W . V. Grant and party. Spon.ored by Auemblie. of God churchel. For information write C. J. Hartwick, 711 N . Hill St., Malvern, Ark.

BLOOMSBURG, PA.-Union meeting, Bloomlburg Air Port, June 8-July 6 or long"r: Evong"li l t Richard Vinyard. Sponsored by churchet in Bloomsburg, Berwick, Shick,hinney, Huleton, Danville, Ashland, Shamokin, Milton, Muncy, and Williamsport.-by Kenn"th C. Clark, Chairman.

OPEN FOR CALLS EVANGELISTIC

J. L. Wolk(lr, 801: 726, Stratford , Tn.

PASTORAL OR EVANGELISTIC E. L. Black, 121 Court St., Vermillion, S. Oak.,

% Carl Bauman. F. E. Conrad, Box 244, F ai rfax, Okla. James B Daniel, Hagarville, Ark. E. A. Fowler, 614 West Panola, Carthage. Te.-. H V. Foley, Box 25, Sumner, Mo.

PASTORAL A. A. Bradley, 641 Walnut, Memphis, Tenn.

NEW ADDRESSES Ernest Morgan, 445 Pllrkway Ave., Trenton 8,

N. J . "Paltoring Fint Auembly." E. R . Winter, 1925 W. Ninth St., Texarkana,

Tex. "PaSloring Rose Hin Anembly." P utor D. M. Crouse, Conrad, Iowa, Noms N. Wright, Box 8, San J on, N. Mex. Putor Fred D. Drake, 416 Bower St" Linden,

N. J . Frank D. Oertel, Bronlon, Iowa. J. P. Malon, 520 Gunter. Fayetteville, Ark. Pastor and Mrs. Wolter Smith, Box 636,

Guerneville, Cali£. Postor S, R. Cox, BOlf 182, Independence, Iowa. Putor Ted A. MOlten. 454 Stimson Ave.,

P ismo B .... ch, Calif. Paltor Fred J, Greve, Box 771, Manhattan,

Kans. Evangelist Dewey J. Cole, 1409A Penrose, St.

Louis. Mo. PAstor R. E , Lister, BOlf 483. Wynona, Ok In. William D. Brooks, 438 Bineria Lane, Biloxi,

Miss. "Putoring Fint Assembly." Evangelist and Mrs. Bob L. Sheran. Bo.l 5539,

Metro. Stll., Los Angeles 55, Colif. Roy B . Quillin, Box 203, Silsbee, Tex, "Pastor­

inll: Fint Assembly:' KenlY Savage, Box F, Ys]eta, Tex. "After two

yell"" spent nminly in evangeli5tic work, we are returninR to work in the Latin_American Bible Institute."

John R. V~t, 218 S. Mndison St., Webb City, Mo. "Have resigned church in Greenfield, Mo."

Glenn D. Stafford. 815 Ave, UN", Lubbock, Tel:. "PnSlori nll: Central Assembly."

E vanlCelist E . G. Eskel;n, 1912 Dallas, Royol Oak. Mich.

R. C " K eetah" J ones, 15]6 14th St., Wichita Falls, Tel: .

INVITATION- Pastor H arold J. Snelgrove invitCi any AuembHes of God minister or mis­sionary traveling by plane vie Gander, New­found]and, to stop off ftlr one or more servic(>5 at St. John's. which is one hour flying time from Gander. Brother Snelgrove', address is 147 Casey Street, St. John'S, Newfoundland, Canada.

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